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An American Airlines' MD-80 performs an emergency landing due to a bomb warning

Nahville, USA - It has been forced to land at the airport where President Bush's Air Force One was on the ground

An emergency landing occurred for an American Airlines' airplane flying from Dallas to Boston. A hostess found in the toilette a peace of paper indicating the presence on board in the hold of a bomb. The crew has immediately warned military authorities which have decided to send two fighters in order to escort such civil aircraft (an MD-80 with 129 passengers aboard) to Nahville Airport (Tennessee)....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63938
Rome, Italy, 05/28/2004 13:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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