Three passengers caused a scare on a flight from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy airport when they refused to come out of a bathroom.
A security official initially said fighter jets had been launched. Another security official said later that they had been set to launch and it was not immediately known whether they were in the air.
The three passengers on American Airlines Flight 34 went into a bathroom and were “not compliant.”
The passengers are reportedly now back in their seats.
The flight is set to arrive at JFK at 4:25 p.m. Investigators are waiting for the plane to land.
New York City has been under heightened alert since intelligence was picked up overseas indicating a possible plot to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Source: NBC
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