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Diverted American Airways flight escorted by Italian fighter jets after ‘bomb risk’

By Editorial Board Published February 24, 2025 3 Min Read
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Diverted American Airways flight escorted by Italian fighter jets after ‘bomb risk’

An American Airways flight travelling from New York to New Delhi was diverted midair on account of a “bomb threat”.

Flight 292 landed at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport “due to a possible security issue,” the airline stated in an announcement on Sunday, including later the risk “was determined to be non-credible”.

The Federal Aviation Administration stated the crew reported the safety situation.

“Safety and security are our top priorities, and we apologise to our customers for the inconvenience,” the airline stated in an announcement.

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The view from the cockpit of the fighter jet. Pic: Italian air pressure/Reuters

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter aircraft escorts an American Airlines plane in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 23, 2025. Italian Air Force/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Pic: Italian air pressure/Reuters

The flight requested a diversion to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport at round 2pm native time, Roberto Rao, a spokesperson for the airport.

“We don’t know what the security concern was, but my opinion is that it was serious enough to divert the plane, but not urgent, because we received the alert when the plane was over the Caspian Sea, a three hours’ flight from Rome.”

As soon as in Italian airspace, the aircraft was escorted by two Italian air pressure fighter jets and landed in Rome at round 5.30pm native time.

American Airlines flight AA292 en route from New York to New Delhi that turned around over the Caspian Sea Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, sits on the tamarack of Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International airport. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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The flight on the bottom in Rome. Pic: AP

‘What is going on on right here?’

Neeraj Chopra, one of many 199 passengers on board, stated the captain introduced the aircraft needed to flip round about three hours earlier than it was alleged to land in New Delhi due to a change in “security status”.

Mr Chopra, who was touring to India to go to household, described the temper on board as calm till the captain later introduced that fighter jets could be escorting their aircraft to Rome.

“I felt a little panic of, okay, what’s going on here?” Mr Chopra advised the Related Press. “There’s got to be like something bigger going on here.”

Jonathan Bacon, 22, added that after on the bottom, all passengers had been loaded on to buses and brought to the terminal, the place every passenger and their private objects underwent further safety screenings that had been time-consuming and felt “slightly heightened”.

Greater than two hours after touchdown, Mr Bacon and his pal stated they had been nonetheless ready for his or her checked baggage. “It was definitely the longest flight to Europe I’ve ever taken,” he stated.

American Airways stated the aircraft was inspected and cleared to depart once more for New Delhi “as soon as possible” on Monday, after the crew will get some relaxation.

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