Military Jets Escort Passenger Jet To JFK Airport UPDATE

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by Colby Hall | 3:05 pm, October 29th, 2010

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Fox News’ Trace Gallagher just reported that two F-15 military jets are currently escorting a commercial passenger airliner coming in from Canadian airspace into JFK airport. The flight is reported to have originated in Yemen, laid over in United Arab Emirates and is now entering American airspace. This, on a day when there may have been a possible terrorist attempt, or trial run, that has lead to a number quarantined airplanes and inspections of numerous cargo planes around the country.

Further reports have revealed greater context: there was a package on this flight that concerned officials leading to the military escort. Still more questions and fewer answers.

AP is reporting now that there are explosive materials on that plane:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An official UAE security source says a suspicious device discovered in an air cargo shipment in Dubai that was headed for the U.S. contained explosive materials.

The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the “explosive device” was found Friday in a courier company’s regional hub and originated in a shipment from Yemen.

The source says there has been “close cooperation between several intelligence and security agencies around the world following the discovery of shipments … containing an explosive device originating in Yemen.”

The person says an investigation is under way.

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Bill Mahwer

All this commotion sounds fishy. I hear Obama has a news conference in a few minutes. I wonder if it was prepared last night.
williamshap

Such security drills have become the need of the hour to counter the terrorist attacks these days. We need to be more alert than before.
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FoxSpells666

Probably just a bunch of fun-loving Jon Stewart followers creating some kooky satirical terrorism as part of the restore sanity thing, perpetual adolescents, aren’t they cute?