NY-bound flights get false hijack threats

Two Delta Air Lines Inc. flights were held briefly after landing in New York yesterday after authorities received false hijack threats, police said.

"It was a big nothing, a non-incident," Port Authority police spokesman Tony Ciavolella told Reuters.

He said Port Authority police received several "erroneous reports" from "various federal agencies" about two flights - Delta Flight 119 from Paris, which originated in Bombay, and Delta Flight 81 from Amsterdam.

The first report about Flight 119 stated that there were "seven people of interest" aboard the flight, a second tip from another agency said there was "one person of interest" on the flight, while still another report said that F-16 fighter jets were escorting Flight 119, he said.