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Wrong switch, gets Delta fighter jet escort
Don't slip! A Delta Airlines pilot accidentally activated a hijacking alert on a flight from New York to Tel Aviv. As a result, Israeli fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane "safely" to Ben Gurion Airport.
The fighter jets lingered briefly over the airliner and its 100 passengers ... ultimately for no reason. Then, they escorted the plane – and probably a confused flight crew – into Tel Aviv. A technical malfunction, apparently, kept the pilot from communicating with the airport's tower.
Nobody was hurt in this bizarre event, according to Israeli transportation ministry official Dani Shenar, and an investigation will be launched.
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