As reported by the Boston Globe here, and PPrune.org here.
You MAY be in for a surprise...
"Hijacking drill, including hostages, is set for Logan"
"United Flight 9073, en route from Paris to Chicago, will be hijacked Saturday"
An escort of swarming military jets will force it to land at Logan International Airport in Boston. After a hostage is killed and thrown onto the tarmac, an assault team will storm the plane. Ambulances will speed away with the injured. And it's all a drill.
The plane used in the exercise will carry about 80 role-playing passengers and hijackers, who will pretend to commandeer the plane as it flies over the Atlantic. Jets will be dispatched to intercept the flight and force it to land.
The drill, plus meetings to discuss other attack scenarios, is expected to cost about $700,000 and will be paid for by a Department of Homeland Security grant.
Notices are also on Massport.com - The exercise is being known as "Operation Atlas".
You MAY be in for a surprise...
"Hijacking drill, including hostages, is set for Logan"
"United Flight 9073, en route from Paris to Chicago, will be hijacked Saturday"
An escort of swarming military jets will force it to land at Logan International Airport in Boston. After a hostage is killed and thrown onto the tarmac, an assault team will storm the plane. Ambulances will speed away with the injured. And it's all a drill.
The plane used in the exercise will carry about 80 role-playing passengers and hijackers, who will pretend to commandeer the plane as it flies over the Atlantic. Jets will be dispatched to intercept the flight and force it to land.
The drill, plus meetings to discuss other attack scenarios, is expected to cost about $700,000 and will be paid for by a Department of Homeland Security grant.
Notices are also on Massport.com - The exercise is being known as "Operation Atlas".
