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United Airlines: a passenger announces a bomb on board

Denver, USA - The flight landed in Denver but it was a false alarm

José Manuel Pelayo-Ortega is appearing today in court because he caused emergency landing of a United Airlines’ Airbus A-320 in Denver, Colorado. The flight left Friday evening from Chicago, Illinois, and was headed to Sacramento, California. The man started to appear very excited and the he declared he had a bomb, threatening to open a hatch on the fly. As the alarm was raised, some USAF fighters in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139661
Rome, Italy, 04/24/2006 14:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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