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Canadian fighter jets escort Vancouver-bound Cathay flight after 'dud' bomb-scare | Two Canadian fighter jets were pressed into action after a bomb scare on a Vancouver-bound Cathay Pacific flight leaving from Hong Kong. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received the threat
prompting them to deploy two CF18 Hornet fighters. "The threat is being taken
very seriously and I'd like to assure the travelling public that there is no threat
to them at this time," the Canadian Press quoted RCMP Corporal Sherrdean Turley
as saying, Globe and Mail reports. The jets were acting under the North American
Aerospace Defense Command, and they escorted the flight until it landed safely.
All passengers on board were safely evacuated after necessary screening. "All
necessary screening procedures were carried out and it was deemed that there was
no threat aboard the aircraft," said Turley. Due to lengthy security procedures,
the plane was on the tarmac for over three hours, while friends and family members
of the passengers waited patiently for them to alight. The jets returned to their
base in Comox and did not land with the flight. Vancouver airport spokeswoman
Alisa Gloag said the aircraft's 283 passengers and 14 crew left the plane soon
after it landed. She could not, however, say what happened to them once they were
on the ground, the paper reports "They safely disembarked the aircraft," she said.
The incident did not upset other flight schedules, and the Vancouver airport is
functioning normally. "We are business as usual, the airport is fully operational,"
she said. "Everything is running smoothly." The RCMP is still investigating the
origin of the scare. |
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