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| Air France and Saudi Arabian airlines flights searched after threats | Air France and Saudi Arabian airlines flights searched after threats |
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| An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by US fighter jets to New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the flight. | An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by US fighter jets to New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the flight. |
| Authorities later said two planes were searched at JFK, after threats were made against them. The other plane was owned by Saudi Arabian Airlines. | |
| The FBI said US military jets scrambled on Monday morning to escort the Air France flight into the city after an anonymous caller claimed a chemical weapon was aboard the aircraft. | The FBI said US military jets scrambled on Monday morning to escort the Air France flight into the city after an anonymous caller claimed a chemical weapon was aboard the aircraft. |
| A spokeswoman for US North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command said two US Air Force F-15 fighter jets were launched as a precautionary measure. | |
| The anonymous threat against the Air France flight was made via a telephone call to a Maryland State Police barracks on Monday morning. | |
| Authorities said the airliner landed safely and a search found no weapons, and added that the Saudi Arabian Airlines flight was being checked out because of a threat. | |
| The FBI said it believed the same caller made the threats. |