On Sunday afternoon (local time), the flight of Delhi-Bound American Airlines from New York was transferred to Rome after “bomb intimidation”. Two Euro fighter jets of the Italian Air Force inspired the aircraft back to security. The Italian Air Force shows fighter jets on both sides of commercial aircraft released by the Italian Air Force, keeping it at Rome’s FiMsino Airport.
Italian Air Force shared the scene with a caption on social media, “#Scramble: In the afternoon, two #eurofighter of #Aeronauticamilitare flew on alerts to identify and escape a commercial aircraft for Delhi, which Fiumicino Airport (RM (RM (RM (RM (RM (rm (rm (rm)))) an estimated explosive Due to the report of the equipment.
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– Aeronatica Militare (@Italianairforce) February 23, 2025
According to the news agency AFP, an IT advisor on the flight, Mahesh Kumar said, “He asked us to sit and the fighter jets were not with us, while Flight Kumar said,” An IT advisor in the flight, according to the news agency AFP.
According to flight tracker flightware, American Airlines flight AA292 flew from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday (22 February) at around 8.11 pm (22 February). It turned around while flying over the Caspian Sea.
About three hours before landing in Delhi, the pilot announced a turn for Rome due to “security reasons”, Mr. Kumar said. “Everyone was afraid. Everyone was silent and following the orders,” Mr. Kumar told AFP.
199 passengers and crew were involved in flight to Delhi.
The US-based carrier said “potential security concern”, did not share the details on its nature. However, Italy’s ANSA news agency said the diversion was caused by “alleged bomb threat”.
Yash Raj, another traveler described the incident as a “horror-comedy”.
Life gives me this small horror-comedy. Was American Airlines on AA292? pic.twitter.com/yq8keed3c
– Yash Raj (@Yraj__) February 23, 2025
He later thanked the cabin crew for handling the situation well. “In addition, we have ended the aircraft safely. A great credit to the cabin crew to handle the situation well. Everyone in the aircraft was calm,” he wrote.
