FIGHTERS TAIL 747 2 passengers cleared in terror false alarm SPORTS FINAL Edition

Air India Flight 101 had left Heathrow Airport with 378 passengers and 19 crew yesterday when the guard told his bosses a passenger aboard the Boeing 747 resembled one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, U.S. officials said. Fearing another Sept. 11, Canadian and then U.S. fighter jets tailed...

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Published inDaily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Main Author JOHN MARZULLI and MAKI BECKER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS With Ellen Tumposky, Richard Sisk, Greg B. Smith and Martin Mbugua
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 01.03.2002
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Summary:Air India Flight 101 had left Heathrow Airport with 378 passengers and 19 crew yesterday when the guard told his bosses a passenger aboard the Boeing 747 resembled one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, U.S. officials said. Fearing another Sept. 11, Canadian and then U.S. fighter jets tailed the plane as it made its way to Kennedy Airport, where it landed about 4:45 p.m. and taxied to a remote part of the tarmac. 2 scooped up U.S. officials took two people - a British man and an Irish woman - from the plane, whisking them away in an 11-car convoy. Not taking any chances, the FAA asked for help from the Canadian Air Force, whose jets tailed the flight from a distance until it reached U.S. air space, said Maj. Ed Thomas, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.