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Fighter Jets Escort Plane to JFK

After three passengers lock themselves in bathroom.

Twitter was buzzing Sunday afternoon when three passengers in a flight heading from Los Angeles to New York City’s JFK airport reportedly locked themselves in a bathroom and were “not compliant.” With New York City on edge because of the anniversary of 9/11 and recent threats from Al Qaeda, fighter jets were launched to escort American Airlines Flight 34 to the ground. Eventually passengers returned to their seats and the flight arrived safely.

Read it at NBC New York

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