CX onboard security threat

[k_sheep]

Jets escort 'potential threat' plane to airport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Authorities say Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to respond to a "potential threat", and then escorted a Cathay Pacific airliner into Vancouver airport.
"CF-18 Hornet fighter jets under the control of the North American Aerospace Defence Command [NORAD] intercepted a Cathay Pacific flight this afternoon, after information was received about a potential threat associated with the aircraft," NORAD spokeswoman Holly Apostoliuk said.
"As a precaution, NORAD fighters escorted the aircraft until it landed safely in Vancouver at about 1:40pm."
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and airport authorities "are investigating an incident involving a Cathay Pacific flight", Canadian federal police said in a statement.
There were no details of the potential threat onboard.
Gary Ross, another NORAD spokesman, said there were no reports of injuries in the incident.
He stressed that "the interception was done in accordance with all safety procedures".
Local media said the airplane remained on the tarmac and passengers had not disembarked.

Anyone know more details?

 

[cmon0005]

Here's a better article/video:
BBC News - Canada jets escort passenger plane 'under bomb threat'

 

[samh004]

I wonder who made the threat/where it came from.

Might be a dawn raid of the callers home now, after they’ve found nothing

 

[Sprucegoose]

I wonder who made the threat/where it came from.

Might be a dawn raid of the callers home now, after they’ve found nothing

Do you remember the successful threat made by Mr Bown against QF in 1971? This time the 707 was HK bound.

 

[samh004]

Do you remember the successful threat made by Mr Bown against QF in 1971? This time the 707 was HK bound.

I was born in 1985, so I don’t remember it offhand, no.

Care to provide a link or something?

 

[djfuzz]

The relevant extract from Wikipedia:

Qantas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On 26 May 1971, Qantas received a call from a "Mr. Brown" claiming that there was a bomb planted on a Hong Kong-bound jet and demanding $500,000 in unmarked $20 bills. He was treated seriously when he directed police to an airport locker where a functional bomb was found. Arrangements were made to pick up the money in front of the head office of the airline in the heart of the Sydney business district. Qantas paid the money and it was collected, after which Mr. Brown called again, advising the 'bomb on the plane' story was a hoax. The initial pursuit of the perpetrator was bungled by the New South Wales Police Force who, despite having been advised of the matter from the time of the first call, failed to establish adequate surveillance of the pick-up of the money. Directed not to use their radios (for fear of being "overheard"), the police were unable to communicate adequately.[118] Tipped off by a still-unidentified informer, the police arrested an Englishman, Peter Macari,[119] finding more than $138,000 hidden in an Annandale property. Convicted and sentenced to 15 years in jail, Macari served nine years before being deported to Britain. Over $224,000 has still not been found. The 1985 telemovie "Call Me Mr. Brown", directed by Scott Hicks and produced by Terry Jennings, relates to this incident.

On 4 July 1997, a copycat extortion attempt was thwarted by police and Qantas security staff.[120]

The Scott Hicks telemovie: Call Me Mr. Brown (1990)

 

[oz_mark]

I was born in 1985, so I don’t ]i]remember[/i] it offhand, no.

Care to provide a link or something?

The captain of said flight passed away earlier this year, so here is a recent newspaper article Pilot became a hero - Local News - News - General - The Advertiser

 

[medhead]

Do you remember the successful threat made by Mr Bown against QF in 1971? This time the 707 was HK bound.

You can't call it successful really. They caught him. But there is some speculation that the unrecovered money is underwater off bondi