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Italian Jets Stop Plane After Pope Funeral
24 minutes ago Europe - AP
By MARIA SANMINIATELLI, Associated Press Writer
ROME - An Italian F-16 fighter jet intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome's Ciampino airport Friday, hours after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, and escorted it to a local military airport, an Air Force spokesman said.
The plane was forced to land at 4:20 p.m. local time after intelligence sources warned it was carrying a bomb, the spokesman said. He would not say whether the intelligence came from an Italian or a foreign source.
However, a team of paramilitary carabinieri officers inspected it and found nothing.
"There was no device on board. It was clean," the spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
The Learjet executive plane had left Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, and was headed toward Ciampino airport to pick up the president of Macedonia and his delegation and take them back to Skopje, the Air Force said.
More here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050408/ap_on_re_eu/italy_plane_3) ..
Italian Jets Stop Plane After Pope Funeral
24 minutes ago Europe - AP
By MARIA SANMINIATELLI, Associated Press Writer
ROME - An Italian F-16 fighter jet intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome's Ciampino airport Friday, hours after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, and escorted it to a local military airport, an Air Force spokesman said.
The plane was forced to land at 4:20 p.m. local time after intelligence sources warned it was carrying a bomb, the spokesman said. He would not say whether the intelligence came from an Italian or a foreign source.
However, a team of paramilitary carabinieri officers inspected it and found nothing.
"There was no device on board. It was clean," the spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
The Learjet executive plane had left Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, and was headed toward Ciampino airport to pick up the president of Macedonia and his delegation and take them back to Skopje, the Air Force said.
More here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050408/ap_on_re_eu/italy_plane_3) ..