Fighter jets escort two passenger planes after bomb threat
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Fighter jets escort two passenger planes after bomb threat
Two F-16 fighters escort Delta and Southwest flights headed towards ATL.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/24/us/atl...eat/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/24/us/atl...eat/index.html
F-16 fighter jets escorted two passenger planes into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday after a bomb threat made on Twitter was deemed credible, according to military officials.
This is Delta Flight 1156, which landed safely in Atlanta on Saturday.
This is Delta Flight 1156, which landed safely in Atlanta on Saturday.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2492 and Delta Flight 1156 landed safely at the airport and were being searched by bomb disposal and canine units, according to airline officials.
This is Delta Flight 1156, which landed safely in Atlanta on Saturday.
This is Delta Flight 1156, which landed safely in Atlanta on Saturday.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2492 and Delta Flight 1156 landed safely at the airport and were being searched by bomb disposal and canine units, according to airline officials.
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The threat was so "credible" that incredibly there was no bomb to be found on either of the planes.
Unfortunately, if a government and airlines don't engage in CYA behavior in such circumstances too, then someone will be all over them if anything more adverse -- highly improbable as it is under such circumstances -- than a diversion take place.
Unfortunately, if a government and airlines don't engage in CYA behavior in such circumstances too, then someone will be all over them if anything more adverse -- highly improbable as it is under such circumstances -- than a diversion take place.
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I'm not sure what to believe when news agencies say things like "NORAD jets were scrambled" to intercept the planes. Is fact checking and understanding truly dead?
Cue the debate over the merits/silliness of having fighter jets escort planes that potentially have a bomb on them.
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Terrorist: “If you try to give us orders, we blow up the plane, kill everyone on board, and rain burning fuel and metal down on the heads of thousands of innocent civilians.”
Fighter Pilot: “If you don’t do what we say, we fox a missile and blow up the plane, kill everyone on board, and rain burning fuel and metal down on the heads of thousands of innocent civilians.”
Can YOU see any difference in the final outcome?
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