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Seattle US F-15 fighters scramble for suspect hijacking on an Alaska Airlines aircraft

Seattle, USA - FBI warned by an anonymous caller

Two US F-15 fighters performed a scramble in the evening of Thursday 17 January 2013 to intercept an Alaska Airlines aircraft, because there was the suspect it was carrying a possible hijacker on board. According to the reports provided by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD, the joint USA/Canada organization which controls the airspace of the two countries) the Boeing 737 of the...

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Rome, Italy, 01/18/2013 12:47
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