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01-06-2004, 05:04 PM
Don't wear your heated vest or jacket on an airplane! :twisted:
Fighters escort airliner from Paris to U.S.
From Kevin Bohn and Terry Frieden
CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 Posted: 3:42 PM EST (2042 GMT)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. fighter planes escorted an American airliner part of the way from Paris to Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon after wiring in a woman's heated jacket prompted security concerns, U.S. government sources said.
Delta Airlines Flight 43 was expected to arrive in Cincinnati at 3:35 p.m., nearly an hour behind schedule, and passengers were expected to be rescreened once they arrive, the officials said.
The Boeing 767 had 181 passengers and 12 crew members on board, Delta spokeswoman Catherine Stengel said.
The woman whose jacket triggered the concerns was allowed to re-book her flight after French authorities found nothing suspicious about her, U.S. officials said.
U.S. officials ordered the fighter escort because the Paris-to-Cincinnati fight had already left the ground before French officials notified their U.S. counterparts about the incident, according to U.S. government and aviation security sources.
Government sources said there was no person of interest to U.S. authorities on the plane, but passengers will be rescreened in an area away from the Cincinnati terminal once the aircraft lands.
Last month, security concerns caused six Air France flights to be canceled. On December 24 and 25, three flights did not take off for security reasons and three more flights did not take place because the cancellations left the aircraft on the ground in Paris.
After three consecutive days of 3.5-hour delays, British Airways Flight 223 left London heading for Washington Tuesday after only a two-hour delay.
The London to Washington flight, which was canceled Thursday and Friday and escorted to Washington by fighter jets on Wednesday, departed Heathrow at 1713 GMT (12:13 p.m. ET) and is expected at Dulles International Airport at 8:06 p.m. ET (0106 GMT Wednesday). (Full story)
Passengers on the escorted jet were held on board Wednesday night for several hours while FBI agents questioned some passengers whose names were similar to those on a list of known terrorists.
Six British Airways flights from London to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, also were canceled last week.
Fighters escort airliner from Paris to U.S.
From Kevin Bohn and Terry Frieden
CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 Posted: 3:42 PM EST (2042 GMT)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. fighter planes escorted an American airliner part of the way from Paris to Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon after wiring in a woman's heated jacket prompted security concerns, U.S. government sources said.
Delta Airlines Flight 43 was expected to arrive in Cincinnati at 3:35 p.m., nearly an hour behind schedule, and passengers were expected to be rescreened once they arrive, the officials said.
The Boeing 767 had 181 passengers and 12 crew members on board, Delta spokeswoman Catherine Stengel said.
The woman whose jacket triggered the concerns was allowed to re-book her flight after French authorities found nothing suspicious about her, U.S. officials said.
U.S. officials ordered the fighter escort because the Paris-to-Cincinnati fight had already left the ground before French officials notified their U.S. counterparts about the incident, according to U.S. government and aviation security sources.
Government sources said there was no person of interest to U.S. authorities on the plane, but passengers will be rescreened in an area away from the Cincinnati terminal once the aircraft lands.
Last month, security concerns caused six Air France flights to be canceled. On December 24 and 25, three flights did not take off for security reasons and three more flights did not take place because the cancellations left the aircraft on the ground in Paris.
After three consecutive days of 3.5-hour delays, British Airways Flight 223 left London heading for Washington Tuesday after only a two-hour delay.
The London to Washington flight, which was canceled Thursday and Friday and escorted to Washington by fighter jets on Wednesday, departed Heathrow at 1713 GMT (12:13 p.m. ET) and is expected at Dulles International Airport at 8:06 p.m. ET (0106 GMT Wednesday). (Full story)
Passengers on the escorted jet were held on board Wednesday night for several hours while FBI agents questioned some passengers whose names were similar to those on a list of known terrorists.
Six British Airways flights from London to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, also were canceled last week.