by Felix » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:33 pm
From KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia Friday, December 2, 2005 <br><br> Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05)<br><br>FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. <br>Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed. <br><br>The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. <br><br>FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know if that's what it actually was. <br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
