Two passenger planes were safely escorted by fighter jets to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International airport Saturday afternoon, following bomb threats posted online. Delta flight 1156 – coming from Portland, Ore. – and Southwest flight 2492 – flying from Milwaukee, Wis. – were both bound for Atlanta, when bomb threats were posted on social media. In response, jets were dispatched by the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Asked whether the threats were credible, F.B.I. spokesman Stephen Emmett said: “That’s the best way to characterize the threats,” the New York Times reported
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:41:45 +0000
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