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SQ hijack scare sends F-16 jet

scrambling; police storm plane

A HIJACK scare on a Singapore

Airlines (SIA) plane heading

for Los Angeles on Tuesday

turned out to be a false alarm.

Nevertheless, US authorities

scrambled an F-16 to fly

alongside the plane and armed

police stormed the aircraft

when it landed.

During the 16-hour non-stop

flight, the brand new Airbus

A345 began transmitting a

hijack alert.

The alert was picked up by

air traffic controllers and the

US authorities responded

immediately.

An American F16 fighter jet

was ordered to escort the ultra

long-haul jet, which was carrying

126 passengers and

14 crew members.

The flight was then ordered

to land in a remote section of

the LA International Airport.

Reports said that as soon as

the plane landed, armed police

officers stormed the aircraft

and hostage negotiation teams

rushed to the scene.

But within minutes, it was

confirmed that the emergency

hijack signal was a false alarm.

The alarm code must be

manually entered by the pilot.

A US Federal Aviation

Administration spokesman said

the pilot of flight SQ20 assured

US authorities that the plane’s

transponder had malfunctioned.

Singapore Airlines said the

incident is under investigation.

— Channel NewsAsia

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Them frogs can't make planes that work. Let's stick to Boeing.

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