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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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