Denver United Flight Gets Military Escort
Details Sketchy On Why The Plane Was Escorted
POSTED: 11:11 a.m. MST November 12, 2001
UPDATED: 1:18 p.m. MST November 12, 2001
DENVER -- A United Airlines jet carrying 90 people was
escorted by military fighter jets to Denver International Airport, where it
landed without incident Monday morning.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the escort after
Flight 1145 reported that the flight crew had failed to respond to
an inquiry, said United Airlines spokesman Chris Braithwaite.
The escort came after an American Airlines jumbo jet carrying
255 people crashed in New York. The plane, en route to the
Dominican Republic, went down minutes after taking off from Kennedy
International Airport Monday morning.
"Following the accident in New York City this morning, we put a
call into our flights. The crew from that flight did not
immediately respond," he said. "(But) We quickly realized it was
nothing to be alarmed with."
Airport spokeswoman Sally Covington said the plane, which was
flying from Minneapolis, was deemed secure when it landed at 8:50
a.m.
The F-16 military jets that escorted the plane did not land at
DIA. Airport flight operations were not affected by the incident,
Covington said.
The United jet later continued on to its next stop in Oakland, Calif.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the escort after
Flight 1145 reported that the flight crew had failed to respond to
an inquiry, said United Airlines spokesman Chris Braithwaite.
The escort came after an American Airlines jumbo jet carrying
255 people crashed in New York. The plane, en route to the
Dominican Republic, went down minutes after taking off from Kennedy
International Airport Monday morning.
"Following the accident in New York City this morning, we put a
call into our flights. The crew from that flight did not
immediately respond," he said. "(But) We quickly realized it was
nothing to be alarmed with."
Airport spokeswoman Sally Covington said the plane, which was
flying from Minneapolis, was deemed secure when it landed at 8:50
a.m.
The F-16 military jets that escorted the plane did not land at
DIA. Airport flight operations were not affected by the incident,
Covington said.
The United jet later continued on to its next stop in Oakland, Calif.Copyright 2002 by TheDenverChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
