Reuters/Louis
Nastro
sARAWAk - FBI
sedang menyiasat satu siri ancaman tanpa nama dibuat kepada pesawat penumpang Amerika
Syarikat-terikat pada Hari Peringatan, tidak ada yang terbukti boleh
dipercayai. Satu kejadian yang terlibat jet pejuang Amerika Syarikat memintas
dan mengiringi penerbangan Air France ke New York City.
Penerbangan
AF022 mendarat di lapangan terbang JFK dengan pengiring 2 F-15 jet pejuang
sebagai langkah berjaga-jaga oleh NORAD, daya pemantauan Amerika Syarikat -Kanada
bersama, berikut salah satu daripada beberapa ancaman yang diterima pada hujung
minggu Hari Memorial.
Setelah
mencari pesawat yang datang dari Paris, FBI menyimpulkan bahawa ancaman senjata
kimia adalah palsu.
"Pesawat
itu telah mendarat dan telah deboarded. Tiada sebarang insiden atau bahaya
dilaporkan di papan penerbangan sama ada oleh penumpang atau anak kapal.
Pesawat itu telah dibersihkan, "kata jurucakap FBI J. Peter Donald dalam
satu kenyataan.
Menurut
sumber AFP, pesawat pejuang telah hancur selepas anak kapal penerbangan Air
France gagal untuk memantapkan hubungan dengan kawalan trafik udara selepas
Maryland Polis Negeri menerima tanpa nama "ancaman bom" panggilan.
Seramai
10 ancaman serupa menelefon oleh individu yang sama telah dibuat terhadap
penerbangan AS-terikat pada Isnin.
FBI
investigates series of bomb & chemical threats
against airliners . . .
The FBI
is investigating a series of anonymous threats made to US-bound passenger
planes on Memorial Day, none of which proved to be credible. One incident
involved US fighter jets intercepting and escorting an Air France flight to New
York City.
Flight
AF022 landed at JFK airport with an escort of two F-15 fighter jets as a
precaution by NORAD, the joint US-Canadian monitoring force, following one of a
number of threats received over the Memorial Day weekend.
After
searching the plane coming from Paris, the FBI concluded that the chemical
weapons threat was false.
“The plane
has landed and has deboarded. There were no incidents or hazards reported on
board the flight by either the passengers or its crew. The plane has been
cleared,” FBI spokesman J. Peter Donald said in a statement.
According
to an AFP source, the fighter planes were scrambled after the crew of the Air
France flight failed to establish contact with the air traffic control after
Maryland State Police received an anonymous “bomb threat” call.
As many
as 10 similar threats phoned in by the same individual were made against
US-bound flights on Monday.
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Satu
lagi ancaman kepada penerbangan JFK-terikat dilaporkan terhadap sebuah pesawat
Saudia dari Jeddah, yang juga ternyata menjadi satu yang palsu. Ancaman kosong yang
ke-3 dikeluarkan terhadap jet Amerika Syarikat Penerbangan ke New York dari
Birmingham, UK.
Ancaman
juga mensasarkan penerbangan Delta Airlines dari London dan United Airlines
penerbangan dari Madrid, kedua-duanya menuju ke Newark, New Jersey, ABC
dilaporkan. The New York Post melaporkan pemanggil senjata kimia mendakwa
berada di atas kapal penerbangan Delta. Satu lagi panggilan tanpa nama mendakwa
kapal terbang Newark-terikat membawa bom.
Satu
lagi ancaman telah didaftarkan dengan lapangan terbang Boston Antarabangsa
mengenai penerbangan dari Paris yang juga terbukti satu penipuan, akhbar Boston
Herald melaporkan, memetik seorang jurucakap lapangan terbang. Pesawat menuju
Buffalo dan lapangan terbang Atlanta juga menerima ancaman serupa, namun carian
tidak menghasilkan apa-apa setakat ini, menurut CNN.
Another
threat to a JFK-bound flight was reported against a Saudia plane from Jeddah,
which also turned out to be a false one. A third empty threat was issued
against an American Airlines jet flying to New York from Birmingham, UK.
Threats
also targeted a Delta Airlines flight from London and a United Airlines flight
from Madrid, both heading to Newark, New Jersey, ABC reported. The New York
Post reports a caller claimed chemical weapons were on board the Delta flight.
Another anonymous call claimed a Newark-bound plane was carrying a bomb.
Another
threat was registered with Boston International airport regarding a flight from
Paris that also proved to be a hoax, the Boston Herald newspaper reported,
citing an airport spokesman. Planes bound for Buffalo and Atlanta airports also
received similar threats, yet searches have not produced anything so far,
according to CNN.
