Two aircraft escorted hunting a flight bound for the New York American Airlines in Los Angeles after three passengers locked themselves in the bathroom Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, said responsible.
An official of the implementation of said law it was not considered as terrorism, and spokesperson for the American Airlines Tim Smith said, "In our eyes, it's a big nothing."
The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled two jets of F-16 shadow flight 34 up to what it is is put safely at the airport Kennedy of New York at 16: 10 (2010 GMT) Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration said in a news release.
The nature of the incident was not clear, but passengers themselves locked in the bathroom, and were still inside when the plane landed, said the official law enforcement. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to Associated Press provided anonymity.
Application of the Act met the flight and will interview the passengers, the statement of TSA said. The FBI responded to the airport.
The jets stopped flying approximately 100 miles (160 kilometers) West of New York and she shadowed until it landed, said John Cornelio, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command. He described the precautionary measure.
Smith said a "security concern" has been brought to the attention of the airline, but the captain of the aircraft never declared any sort of threat to security and is never requested assistance under the Act.
He said the crew used "standard procedures" to evaluate the circumstances and the aircraft landed as planned.
New York was in a State of security after federal officials received credible tip but not corroborated a conspiracy of the car bomb on the anniversary of New York or Washington.
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