FBI Investigates Airline Bomb Threats
October 1, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Federal agents are investigating bomb threats that appear similar but may not be connected. Both occurred along the Boston and Miami routes, since Sept. 18, according to officials in both cities.
The Boston herald reports, FBI Special Agent Judy Orihuela confirmed FBI agents in Miami interviewed two crewmembers last night from a Boston-to-Miami flight that was delayed by three hours after a flight attendant found a bomb threat scrawled inside the jet bathroom. The threat read “Bomb on Board. Boston to Miami.”
A Boston-bound flight on the same route had to return to Miami International Airport 40 minutes after takeoff on Sept. 18 after a flight attendant found a threatening note in the jet’s bathroom. The word “bomb” was used in that note, too.
Mexico-USA Flights See Increased Security Measures
September 21, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
Mexican federal police will intensify security measures on flights inbound to the United States from Mexico at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to press reports in Mexico.
Under the new measures, Carry-on luggage as well as regular baggage will be thoroughly checked twice, as will boarding tickets. The measures, adopted after the hijacking of an Aeromexico plane on September 9th, was prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and expanded to include about 450 U.S. airports with flights from Mexico, reported Federal Police sources.
