ABC News report of highjacking of Virgin Airliner London-NY 9:20PDT

[SoCalDemGrrl]

Did anyone else see this?? Just a few minutes ago a reporter interrupted the regularly scheduled programming on ABC to report breaking news of a "possible highjacking of a Virgin Airways flight London to New York", then the report was stopped suddenly and the screen went black before the guy could finish his sentence.

WTF???

[meegbear]

1. False alarm

A Virgin Atlantic flight from London, England, to New York was diverted to Nova Scotia, Canada, on Friday after sending out a hijack signal in what the airline and government officials called a "false alarm."

Flight 045, with nearly 300 people on board, began sending a hijack signal midflight. Officials in Britain and the United States spoke with personnel onboard, who reported no problems with the flight. The plane was diverted to Halifax International Airport.

Canadian F-18 fighter jets were sent to accompany the flight, a standard procedure when a hijack alert is sounded, said Gina Connell, spokeswoman for Halifax International Airport. The fighter jets did not land in Halifax, but continued to a nearby air force base, she said.

Passengers were "kept fully informed," Virgin Atlantic said in a statement.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/06/03/flight.diverted/index.html

[SoCalDemGrrl]

3. Oops I guess ABC jumped the gun on this one

no wonder they pulled the plug in mid sentence.

I now see this on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8085449/

[Spazito]

2. It has landed safely in Halifax...

they have not let the passengers off yet, swat team there but it is not a hijacking as initially reported.

False alarm diverts Virgin flight to Halifax

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1117809470735_2/?hub=TopStories