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False bomb alarm: Italian Air Force's F-16 intercepted and escorted a civil plane to Ciampino

Ciampino, Italy - The air station was closed for about 2 hours and a half but no bomb was found aboard the BAe-146

A BAe 146 with 54 persons on board bound from Ibiza for Rome-Ciampino was involved by a false bomb alarm yesterday, due to an anonymous phone call to French air traffic control authority. After notifying everything to Italian authorities, Italian Air Force immediately reacted by making one of its F-16 fighters take off from Cervia Airport to intercept the civil airplane and escort it till Ciampino,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 124283
Rome, Italy, 07/25/2005 12:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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