Why was
jetliner bound for Belgium making loops over Jersey shore?
J.
STAAS HAUGHT Cherry Hill Courier-Post
ATLANTIC
CITY – A cargo jet intended to fly to Belgium made several high-altitude laps
off the Jersey Shore on Monday evening before landing in New York.
It’s not
known why the Challenge Airlines 747-400, which departed Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport around 6:40 p.m. Monday, was diverted to JFK
International.
The divert was established at 8:04 p.m. about an hour and 25 minutes into the flight, according to publicly available flight tracking sites.
About 10
minutes later, the jet moved into an area near the Atlantic City Airport and
started making wide loops over the coastline from Ocean City to the south to
just above Brigantine to the north.
The loops
were conducted at roughly 17,000 feet, flight tracking sites show, with speeds
between 250 and 350 mph.
The crew
made roughly seven loops over about an hour before turning north toward JFK at
roughly 9:40 p.m.
A Challenge Airlines jet made several high-altitude loops over Atlantic
City Monday night after being diverted to New York.
J. STAAS HAUGHT
The jet,
which was supposed to land in Liege, Belgium after about an eight-hour flight,
eventually landed in New York shortly after 10 p.m.
Challenge
Airlines’ website says it specializes in transport between the U.S. Europe,
Middle East, Africa and China. It says cargo services include pharmaceuticals,
perishables, oversized items, live animals and hazardous materials.
The airline
has made the Atlanta-Liege flight 19 times since late November.
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