Posted on 09/11/2001 2:22:29 PM PDT by jd1
False alarm at Yukon airport WebPosted Tue Sep 11 16:24:58 2001 TORONTO - Schools and government offices in Whitehorse, Yukon were evacuated Tuesday as jet fighters escorted two commercial airliners to unscheduled landings, after aviation authorities suspected one of the aircraft may have been hijacked. It was a false alarm as both airliners were both simply running low on fuel as they waited to be directed to a new airport. One of the airliners was a Korean Airlines 747, the other an unknown 747. Both landed at Whitehorse airport. The jet fighters continued to circle over Whitehorse as the planes were inspected. Peter Novak of CBC Radio in Whitehorse told CBC News Online that highways in and out of town may have been closed, and a bomb squad was at the airport.
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