Korean Airlines Flight Forced to Land in Comox, BC under Fighter Jet Escort

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Who knows if it's confirmed or not but North Korea has pulled this type of shit before.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/10/korean-airlines-flight-makes-unscheduled-landing-on-vancouver-island/

Korean Airlines flight forced to land in B.C. under fighter jet escort: reports

A Korean Airlines flight bound for Seoul from Vancouver International Airport has made an emergency landing at Comox on Vancouver Island, apparently under fighter jet escort.

Alisa Gloag, a spokesperson for Vancouver International Airport, said that Korean Airlines Flight 72 departed at 2:35 p.m. local time but had to turn around with an unspecified emergency on board.

The Boeing 777 with 149 people on board landed in Comox at 5:22 p.m., Gloag said.
Unconfirmed reports from emergency services said that the aircraft landed under fighter jet escort.

CBC News reported that a bomb threat was phoned into Korean Airlines' head offices.

The incident comes at a time of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea plans to launch a rocket sometime between Thursday and Monday, and airlines have been scrambling to reroute flights away from the rocket's path.

The rocket launch is expected to form the highlight of one of the biggest celebrations in North Korea's history, marking the centenary anniversary of the birth of the state's founder Kim Il-sung and the new leadership of his grandson Kim Jong-un.

The launch of the Unha-3 rocket, which North Korea says will merely put a weather satellite into space, breaches United Nations sanctions imposed to prevent Pyongyang from developing a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead.

"The proposed missile launch, if conducted, would represent a clear and serious violation of North Korea's obligations under two United Nations Security Council resolutions," said White House press secretary Jay Carney.
'We will continue to work with our partners on next steps if North Korea goes through with this provocation'

"We will continue to work with our partners on next steps if North Korea goes through with this provocation and we continue to urge countries to have influence on North Korea to work to persuade North Korea to consider a different path," Carney told reporters travelling with President Barack Obama.

He declined to spell out what the next steps might be but made clear the launch, which is set to take place before Monday, would sink planned U.S. food aid for the country, which has suffered from famine in the past.

"It is impossible to imagine we would be able to follow through with and provide nutritional assistance we have planned on providing, given what would be a flagrant violation of North Korea's basic international obligations," Carney said.