[Scan-DC] BWI Fighter Escort

[b_thom@juno.com]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:06:25 -0400 Denis Trapp <scan@medievalbear.com>
writes:
> 
> WTOP is reporting that a US Airways Jet was escorted into BWI by 2 
> fighters..Anybody hear anything??

From the Juno opening page, which links to ABC.com:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/homefront.html

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Fighter Jets Escort Plane to BWI

L I N T H I C U M, Md., Aug. 27 � Fighter jets escorted a US Airways
flight to Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Tuesday after a
"miscommunication," officials said. 

Two armed F-16s from Andrews Air Force Base were scrambled (sent into the
air quickly) and escorted Flight 1814 to BWI, its intended destination,
said Maj. Ed Thomas of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or
NORAD. 

The Airbus 319, with 45 passengers and a crew of five, had taken off from
Charlotte, N.C., shortly after 8 a.m. 

Laura Brown, a Transportation Department spokeswoman, declined to say
exactly what happened, describing the incident only as "a
miscommunication between the pilot and the ground." 

FBI spokesman Barry Maddox initially had said a code indicating a problem
on board was incorrectly entered into the plane's radar transponder, but
later confirmed that he had erred. 

Passengers were released from the plane shortly after 11 a.m., or about
1� hours after it landed at BWI. 
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Rather be safe than sorry....