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Planes Detained at JFK Over Hijack Call

American Airlines, Finnair flights searched by FBI

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2012 5:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Two inbound flights were waylaid at JFK airport in New York today after an anonymous caller claimed a hijacker and explosives were waiting on board, CNN reports. The Finnair flight from Helsinki and American Airlines flight from San Francisco were moved to a remote area where federal authorities were waiting, said a TSA spokeswoman, but an FBI search turned up nothing. According to a law enforcement source, pilots said both flights were smooth sailing before they landed.

In this file photo, planes taxi on runways at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
In this file photo, planes taxi on runways at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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HANKHILL
Sep 18, 2012 10:30 AM CDT
one call does it all!!
politicalobsever
Sep 17, 2012 7:24 PM CDT
It looks like Obama's apologies and Hillary Clintion saying she or we the U.S. are sorry for our foreign policy are not enoug!
thetesseract
Sep 17, 2012 6:33 PM CDT
Small-time trolls
 

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