Fighter Jets Scramble to Escort Air France Plane to JFK Airport Following Threat

ABC News ^ | Monday, May 25,2015 | Meghan Keneally and Josh Margolin

[kristinn]

An Air France plane was being escorted to JFK airport in New York City this morning after an anonymous threat was made against the flight, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The Maryland State Police Fusion Center received an anonymous call of a “chemical weapons threat” aboard Air France Flight 22, which is en route from Paris and is expected to land at the New York City airport later this morning.

The threat is not considered to be credible at the moment, but when officials tried to reach Air France representatives they were unsuccessful because it is also a state holiday in France.

[RWGinger]

Think how frightened the passengers are.
and even more so to think the fighter jets are there to shoot it down IF the threat is found to be real.

I hope they find out who made this threat and take the person out and drop from 35,000 ft

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I’m on the fence about this one. Laz, should we let the plane land?

[Lazamataz]

Dude. WTF. I posted ONCE. I swear.

Admin Mod, cleanup on aisle 4.

[hondact200]

Please step away from the send button!

[Lazamataz]

No, don’t let the plane land.

[Genoa]

ROTFLMAO! Should be a good thread. Thanks, Laz.

[COBOL2Java]

That’s gotta be a record... :-)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

LOL!