U.S., Canadian Agencies Conduct Hijacking Drill
THE WEST
Two jets packed with people took off from airports in the West in a twin hijacking drill designed to improve coordination among American and Canadian agencies.
About a dozen fighter jets from the North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled to respond to the simulated hijackings and ran through several scenarios.
One plane took off from Salt Lake City and was headed to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. The other was a Navy C-9 air lifter that traveled from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station at Oak Harbor, Wash., to Vancouver International Airport. Both were packed with military personnel pretending to be civilians.
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