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Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:47:50 AM
U.S. Fighter Jets Reportedly Escorting Flights from Russia
Created: 30.08.2004 16:25 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:56 MSK, 7 hours 46 minutes ago
MosNews
U.S. officials have stepped up security measures on incoming flights from Russia as military jets reportedly accompanied a Russian flight into U.S. territory, in response to evidence that last week’s double crash was a terror attack, The Washington Post reported.
Los Angeles residents reported seeing U.S. fighter jets escort an Aeroflot Russian Airlines flight Wednesday on an unusual path over the ocean on approach to the airport.
The Russian side has denied the reports.
Meanwhile, an official familiar with the security procedures told The Washington Post that military jets are likely to continue tracking Russian flights into U.S. cities, including those bound for Washington, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.
U.S. security officials said they did not request the escorts but the military unit in charge of domestic defense, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, took the action unilaterally.
Moscow, however, has not received official notification from Washington that fighter jets will accompany all Russian planes in U.S. air space from now on, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko said on Monday.
He also said that Aeroflot had denied claims that US fighters would allegedly accompany its flights.
U.S. officials, meanwhile, are considering whether to require carriers operating flights to the United States from Moscow —- Delta Air Lines and Aeroflot —- to tighten security on those routes, The Washington Post reported.
Such measures could include additional screening of passengers and their luggage before boarding, extra screening of luggage and the placement of armed air marshals on board.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/08/30/jetescorters.shtml
Created: 30.08.2004 16:25 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:56 MSK, 7 hours 46 minutes ago
MosNews
U.S. officials have stepped up security measures on incoming flights from Russia as military jets reportedly accompanied a Russian flight into U.S. territory, in response to evidence that last week’s double crash was a terror attack, The Washington Post reported.
Los Angeles residents reported seeing U.S. fighter jets escort an Aeroflot Russian Airlines flight Wednesday on an unusual path over the ocean on approach to the airport.
The Russian side has denied the reports.
Meanwhile, an official familiar with the security procedures told The Washington Post that military jets are likely to continue tracking Russian flights into U.S. cities, including those bound for Washington, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.
U.S. security officials said they did not request the escorts but the military unit in charge of domestic defense, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, took the action unilaterally.
Moscow, however, has not received official notification from Washington that fighter jets will accompany all Russian planes in U.S. air space from now on, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko said on Monday.
He also said that Aeroflot had denied claims that US fighters would allegedly accompany its flights.
U.S. officials, meanwhile, are considering whether to require carriers operating flights to the United States from Moscow —- Delta Air Lines and Aeroflot —- to tighten security on those routes, The Washington Post reported.
Such measures could include additional screening of passengers and their luggage before boarding, extra screening of luggage and the placement of armed air marshals on board.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/08/30/jetescorters.shtml
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