{"id":113604,"date":"2009-12-27T03:24:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T08:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/12\/27\/obama-monitoring-delta-flight-firecracker-situation.html"},"modified":"2009-12-27T03:24:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T08:24:47","slug":"obama-monitoring-delta-flight-firecracker-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/113604","title":{"rendered":"Obama Monitoring Delta Flight Firecracker Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reuters<\/a>
\nFriday, December 25, 2009<\/p>\n

KAILUA, Hawaii, Dec 25 (Reuters) \u2013 U.S, President Barack
\nObama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was \u201cactively
\nmonitoring\u201d the situation with a Delta flight on which a man
\nreportedly set off firecrackers, the White House said on Friday.<\/p>\n

A man reportedly set off firecrackers on Delta Flight 253 that was carrying 278 passengers to Detroit from Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president was notified of the incident this morning
\nbetween 9:00 and 9:30 Hawaii time by the president\u2019s military
\naide,\u201d White House spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Obama spoke by conference call with national security advisers and
\nthen he \u201cinstructed that all appropriate measures be taken to
\nincrease security for air travel,\u201d Burton said.<\/p>\n

Full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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