AF 22 CDG - JFK

[west lakes]

Just noticed this on the beeb

Air France flight to New York subject of anonymous threat - BBC News

[Blind Squirrel]

Also threats made against a Saudi aircraft, I gather.

[Tank2Engine]

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!

[finfly1]

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?

[DGM320]

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

[Gilmorrie]

If it were deemed a credible threat and fighter jets intercepted the flight, what could the fighters do?

[gcal]

'Out of an abundance of caution' is a quote from the article I read.

[avionimc]

... what could the fighters do?

Reassure the public at large

Definition:
Demagoguery is an appeal to people that plays on their emotions and prejudices rather than on their rational side.

[AreOut]

"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

[Cornish Jack]

shoot it down if it was heading to urban area

Ah, yes, right.

[Basil]

Funny old thing, the papers start banging on about chemical weapons and someone 'phones in a chem threat

[Airbubba]

Apparently this was not the only flight involved.

Maybe hoaxes or dry runs but there were quite a few of these phoned threats yesterday.

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.

FBI investigates threats against Memorial Day flights - CNNPolitics.com

[Wirbelsturm]

We had one yesterday, met by lots of TSA and police upon arrival.

They dealt with it very well I thought.