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Bomb threat forces Korean Air 777 to make emergency landing
The crew of a Korean Air 777 airliner was forced to make an emergency landing at a military airbase on Vancouver Island after the airline received its second bomb threat in two days. (www.cbc.ca) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My guess is that the F-15s at PDX were already on alert and the FA-18s at Comox were not.
A half empty airplane can't be good for business.
Probably because the same flight was threatened the day before if I'm reading this correctly.
(Duplicate Squawk Submitted)
Korean Air flight diverted after bomb scare
A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver, B.C., to Seoul diverted on Tuesday to a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island under escort by two U.S. fighter jets after the airline's U.S. call center received a call about a bomb on board.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KAL72/history/20120410/2135Z/CYVR/RKSI
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017951872_koreanairliner11.html
Korean Air flight diverted after bomb scare
A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver, B.C., to Seoul diverted on Tuesday to a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island under escort by two U.S. fighter jets after the airline's U.S. call center received a call about a bomb on board.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KAL72/history/20120410/2135Z/CYVR/RKSI
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017951872_koreanairliner11.html
UMM!! American fighter escourt. Guess the Canadian Voodos were down for maintenance
I guess that's one way to get through a bad economy - outsource the military.