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

[MediaMole]

Flight 68 is supposed to land at 6:05pm local time. If they were really serious, they would be shadowing the flight from the time it entered NORAD airspace over Canada.

[af_vet_1981]

AF 068 Flight left from Paris (CDG) at 3:12 PM Scheduled arrival in Los Angeles (LAX) at 6:08 PM All times shown are local times

Departs Arrives

Airport : Paris, Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - France terminal 2E Los Angeles, Los Angeles Int. (LAX) - USA terminal 5

Scheduled departure time : 1:35 PM, December 30, 2003 4:05 PM, December 30, 2003

Comments : Flight AF068 has been delayed as a safety precaution.

[Bethbg79]

Ping

[mystery-ak]

This is rountine surveillance isn't it?

[CyberCowboy777]

Get him! lol


This has been happening? Armed escorts?

[God luvs America]

Know why they don't set off fireworks at EuroDisney?

Cause everytime they do the French surrender!!

[FairOpinion]

That's the same flight no. under suspicion before.

Apparently the French did it twice: they questioned and released Richard Reid, so he could get on the next flight and try to blow it up and now they questioned and released the terrorists on Christmas eve and let them loose, so they can try again.

[zarf]

I'm lost. Can someone direct me to the latest Scott Peterson thread?

[MediaMole]

OOPS

6:05 my time -- 4:05 California time.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Bump to follow-up on

[Thinkin' Gal]

What are they doing, Karl? Verifying the assigned pilot is at the controls?

No, the pax eagerly opening their in-flight meal containers and plasticware pouches, to get to those white flags.

[Snowy]

Get him!

Cover me, I'm going in!

[FairOpinion]

Please give usupdates, as you get them

[Yaelle]

It's only 4 PST. They can't be far into USA territory at this point - they have over 2 hours to fly still.

[baltodog]

Talk to me....
I've been in the garage all day....
Is this happening right now?

[colorado tanker]

You mean "catch and release" doesn't work as well with terrorists as with trout? Sacre Bleu!

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight

go here and enter Air France 68 as the data then look at the map...

the F16s are refueling from Tanker 64....calling Bigfoot (McChord), asking for instructions.

[demlosers]

If you know that this is nothing unusual, they why the "Breaking News"

Because I stuck it in breaking. If it's not, admin Mod is just a keystroke away.

[BlownChevelle]

FlyteComm lists flight 68 as being on the ground, and not leaving until tomorrow...are you sure, or is this a hoax?

[Petronski]

It seems to be happening right now (3:59 pst, 6:59 est). Details from BurbankKarl are sketchy (ahem).