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AF 22 CDG - JFK
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Also threats made against a Saudi aircraft, I gather.
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These kind of events/incidents create fresh 'facts' for all the scaremongers wanting to give up even more privacy in order to make this a 'safer' world! :rolleyes:
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So they scrambled jets, landed in a secure area and searched the plane based on a threat which they called NOT credible.
What would they have done if it were? |
Apparently this was not the only flight involved.
FBI: Threat made against flight from Paris to Boston - 7News Boston WHDH-TV http://news.yahoo.com/fighter-jets-s...opstories.html |
If it were deemed a credible threat and fighter jets intercepted the flight, what could the fighters do?
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'Out of an abundance of caution' is a quote from the article I read.
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... what could the fighters do? Definition: Demagoguery is an appeal to people that plays on their emotions and prejudices rather than on their rational side. |
"If it were deemed a credible threat and fighter jets intercepted the flight, what could the fighters do?"
shoot it down if it was heading to urban area |
shoot it down if it was heading to urban area |
Funny old thing, the papers start banging on about chemical weapons and someone 'phones in a chem threat :hmm:
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Apparently this was not the only flight involved. Washington (CNN)—Law enforcement scrambled on a busy long weekend travel day to ensure airplanes were secure after at least 10 threats were phoned in threatening flights. |
We had one yesterday, met by lots of TSA and police upon arrival.
They dealt with it very well I thought. :ok: |
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