NORAD intercepting Air France 68 now (plane has landed without incident)

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[BurbankKarl]

if you have a good scanner in So Cal, tune to 271.0, set it in AM mode and listen to Norad intercept Air France flight 68, due at LAX 515pm

two F16s from AZ current refueling off Pacific

[oceanview]

www.flightview.com, but the data is behind a bit.

[nicmarlo]

In air at an altitude of 19500 feet and ground speed of 330 KTS

[Cultural Jihad]

A 3D movie fly-in into L.A. from Santa Barbara from NASA satellite data:

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a001200/a001222/

[maquiladora]

13.6K feet and 336kts, everything looks fine, I think we can classify this as a false alarm.

[teletech]

18000 ft decending slowed to 380kts.

[JIM O]

, Calculated ETE: 0h 5m

[EggsAckley]

bump

[BurbankKarl]

also activity on 138.225

[ARA]

What are they saying what is the chatter?

[teletech]

What activity??

[westnews]

5 Minutes and counting . . . .

FlightID: AFR068 (Undefined, Undefined)
Status: DEPARTED, ENROUTE
Company: AIR FRANCE
Country: FRANCE
Radio Call: AIRFRANS
Ground Spd: 370 kts (Assigned: M085)
Altitude: 133C(hundreds of feet) (Assigned: 370)
Type: B744 (Boeing Company Model 747-400)
Origin Apt: LFPG CHARLES DE GAULLE
Dest Apt: LAX LOS ANGELES INTL
Departed: E2320Z ETA As Filed: 1030Z, Calculated ETE: 0h 5m

[al baby]

ain Entry: wild-goose chase
Function: noun
Date: 1592
: a complicated or lengthy and usually fruitless pursuit or search

[JIM O]

ETE: 0h 4m

[demlosers]

I'm sorry, but could you confirm what I just read? Air France flights have been intercepted and escorted "several times a day" ?...

I'd say they usually fly routine CAP in sectors or on strip alert as SOP. Since it's hightened security, and coupled that wih the French intel hijacking of last week, this is new.

[oceanview]

well, if the pilot is AQ, he would make his move at the last possible second on approach to veer into a building.

[The Mayor]

I have been watching this for 20-30 minutes Live LAX

[railsplitter]

You make a salient point concerning the international flights and their respective routes avoiding most US cities, except Las Vegas, which naturally puts Las Vegas into play in a what if scenario... in addition the pious muslim terrorists loathe Las Vegas and attacking it would be "their duty to allah". GET SOME!

[Momaw Nadon]

[ZAKJAN]

went from 325 up to Ground Spd: 349 kts (Assigned: M085) ???

[teletech]

I show 12000ft and 400Kts now still decending.