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Air France flight from Paris to New York escorted by US fighter jets after bomb threat Air France flight from Paris to New York escorted by US fighter jets after bomb threat
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An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by U.S. fighter jets to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the flight, according to ABC News. An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by US fighter jets to New York's John F Kennedy International Airport - one of several planes agaisnt which anonymous threats were apparntly made.
Flight 22 from Charles de Gaulle Airport landed safely in New York, an airport official said. Flight 22 from Charles de Gaulle Airport landed safely in New York, an airport official said. It was to be taken to a secure area to be searched.
It was to be taken to a secure area to be searched, according to ABC News. The anonymous threatening call was made to a Maryland State Police barrack on Monday morning, police said. "The caller made a bomb threat involving commercial aviation," Maryland State Police said in a statement, according to Reuters.
The anonymous threatening call was made to a Maryland State Police barrack on Monday morning, police said. Two US Air Force F-15 jets were launched as a precaution to monitor the flight as it approached New York, said Navy Lieutenant Commander Richlyn Ivey, a spokeswoman for US North American Aerospace Defence Command and US Northern Command.
"The caller made a bomb threat involving commercial aviation," Maryland State Police said in a statement. It was later reported that the plane had been cleared.
Citing an unnamed senior US official, ABC News said the caller made a chemical weapons threat on board the plane. The plane was just one of several that were apparently the subject of threats on Monday.
ABC said the threat was not considered credible. New York's WNBC television reported that a threat had been made against an American Airlines flight headed to JFK, but that threat was deemed not credible and the flight was cleared.
Representatives of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the FBI, which were handling the investigation, were not available for comment. That report also said an Saudi Arabian Airlines flight was being checked out due to an unspecified threat, and that threats had been made against three other flights at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Air France also could not be reached for comment. Another report, on CNN, said that a threat had also reportedly been made against a Virgin Atlantic flight flying to the US from Manchester.
REUTERS There was no immediate comment from the airlines.