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US airlines received over 50 bomb threats in 10 days: Report
Washington, Jan 29
US airlines have registered more than 50 bomb threats over the past 10 days, FBI sources have told the CNN television network.
None
of the threats were considered credible but the US government will
continue to investigate the rise in the number of warnings, the sources
said, according to a CNN report on Wednesday.
"Threats of this
nature can and do result in costly responses from a multitude of law
enforcement and airport entities and greatly inconvenience travellers.
Individuals responsible can be prosecuted federally," an FBI
spokesperson told CNN on condition of anonymity.
On Jan 17, an
F-16 fighter escorted two planes that flew into the Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after a bomb threat was made on
Twitter which the authorities thought was authentic.
The two flights, Southwest Airlines 2492 and Delta 1156, la