FBI Investigates Anonymous Phone Threats Against Commercial Airliners

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI is investigating anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners Monday that involved at least six international flights and prompted at least one U.S. military escort, the Associated Press reports. Investigators believe the calls were connected but not credible. Still, authorities took precautions. For example, threats of a chemical weapon aboard…

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International Fight Turns Around so FBI Can Arrest Mom in Parental Kidnapping Case

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI was able to get a United Airlines flight to turn around mid-flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Beijing to arrest a passenger accused of parental kidnapping, the Washington Post reports. The mother, Wenking Liu, was arrested Thursday evening at Dulles International Airport, where the plan returned. Liu was…

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