JetBlue plane loses communication on JFK Airport tarmac, triggering security scare
28 June, 2018
Raw video: JetBlue flight detained on tarmac after radio equipment problem created a security scare.
A JetBlue flight reportedly became unresponsive to tower communications while taxiing for departure at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City Tuesday evening, triggering a security scare.
Flight 1623 was scheduled to depart for Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m. ET, but stopped responding to air traffic control before takeoff.
The pilot had entered a hijack alert by mistake, which sent Port Authority Police Emergency Services unit aboard the plane, sources told The New York Daily News.
According to tweets from passengers, “heavily armed” police officers and FBI agents boarded the plane to investigate the security incident.
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