VS 10 returns to JFK after threat
Nov 21, 2003, 4:55 am
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VS 10 returns to JFK after threat
Just picked this up in the press...
London-bound jet returns to U.S. after threat
Associated Press
POSTED AT 6:24 AM EST Friday, Nov. 21, 2003
New York — A plane bound for London returned to Kennedy Airport early Friday after a flight attendant found a threatening note on a seat in the aircraft, authorities said.
Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 departed from Kennedy Airport at 12:01 a.m. Friday but returned at about 1:30 a.m., according to Darrin Kayser, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration.
Mr. Kayser said he did not have information about the contents of the note or whether any arrests were made. He said the FBI was investigating the incident. A message left for the FBI was not immediately returned.
More than 250 passengers aboard the plane were evacuated and rescreened, Mr. Kayser said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey conducted a search of the aircraft using canine units, according to Port Authority spokesman Tony Ciavolella.
Virgin Atlantic said in a statement that “as Virgin expected, the threat is now viewed as a hoax.” The airline said it was cooperating with authorities in the investigation.
London-bound jet returns to U.S. after threat
Associated Press
POSTED AT 6:24 AM EST Friday, Nov. 21, 2003
New York — A plane bound for London returned to Kennedy Airport early Friday after a flight attendant found a threatening note on a seat in the aircraft, authorities said.
Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 departed from Kennedy Airport at 12:01 a.m. Friday but returned at about 1:30 a.m., according to Darrin Kayser, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration.
Mr. Kayser said he did not have information about the contents of the note or whether any arrests were made. He said the FBI was investigating the incident. A message left for the FBI was not immediately returned.
More than 250 passengers aboard the plane were evacuated and rescreened, Mr. Kayser said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey conducted a search of the aircraft using canine units, according to Port Authority spokesman Tony Ciavolella.
Virgin Atlantic said in a statement that “as Virgin expected, the threat is now viewed as a hoax.” The airline said it was cooperating with authorities in the investigation.
