Flight To JFK Airport Diverted Over Hijacking Scare, A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to JFK Airport in New York is being diverted after air traffic controllers heard the hijack code coming from the crew.
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Flight being diverted to Canada.
Canadian military is escorting.
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Hijack Scare On U.S.-Bound Jet
Jet Was Heading From London To New York City
Flight Is Being Diverted To Canada
Jun 3, 2005 11:07 am US/Eastern
NEW YORK (AP) Canadian fighter jets intercepted an airliner over the Atlantic on Friday after the aircraft emitted a signal indicating a hijacking was in progress. The pilots later said there was no hijacking.
Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Katie Montgomery said that Virgin Airlines Flight 45 was en route from London’s Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, when the aircraft began emitting code 7500, which indicates a hijacking is in progress.
“Communications have been made with the pilots,” Montgomery said. “The pilots are indicating there is no hijack.”
Homeland Security is checking other indicators to confirm the pilots’ information, she said.
The plane will land in Canada, Montgomery said.