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Agents Meet Aeroflot Plane at JFK
Federal agents met an airliner from Moscow at Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after receiving a tip that it may have radioactive material on board. A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that the Aeroflot plane was ordered to keep its distance from the passenger terminals. ``They had advance information of possible radioactive materials for us to be looking at this flight,'' the official said. Investigators were allowing the plane's 176 passengers off the flight in small groups. ``The only thing I can tell you is that it's because we're intending to interview one of the passengers on the plane,'' FBI spokesman Joe Valiquette said. Think they might have some dirty bomb makings, do they? FOLLOWUP: FoxNews sez it's a false alarm... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-23 |
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