{"id":28841,"date":"2012-04-10T22:37:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T05:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=28841"},"modified":"2012-04-16T02:13:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T09:13:45","slug":"norad-jet-fighters-intercept-korean-air-passenger-jet-after-bomb-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/norad-jet-fighters-intercept-korean-air-passenger-jet-after-bomb-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"NORAD jet fighters intercept Korean Air passenger jet after bomb threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
NORAD jet fighters intercepted a Korean Air passenger jet carrying 147 people and escorted it to a safe emergency landing at a military base in British Columbia \u00a0after the airline received a bomb threat, officials said Tuesday. Two F-15 fighter jets escorted the Boeing 777 to 19 Wing Comox on Vancouver Island because of a threat associated with the aircraft, a NORAD spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m ET, said Maj. Holly Apostoliuk of NORAD in Canada.The F-15s that conducted the intercept were scrambled from Portland, Oregon, she said.<\/p>\n