Flight Diverted Due to Hijack Alarm
The Associated Press
Friday, June 3, 2005; 10:40 AM
WASHINGTON -- Canadian fighter jets intercepted an airliner over the Atlantic on Friday after the aircraft emitted a signal indicating a hijacking was in progress. The pilots later said there was no hijacking.
Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Katie Montgomery said that Virgin Airlines Flight 45 was en route from London's Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, when the aircraft becan emitting code 7500, which indicates a hijacking is in progress.
"Communications have been made with the pilots," Montgomery said. "The pilots are indicating there is no hijack."
Homeland Security is checking other indicators to confirm the pilots' information, she said.
The plane will land in Canada, Montgomery said.
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