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Seems to be working now, for me, at any rate:
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Passenger attempts to storm cockpit
Fighter pilots flock to plane's side
October 8, 2001 — A passenger tried to enter the cockpit of American Airlines flight 1238 from Los Angeles to Chicago. Military jets raced to its side. The plane landed safely at O'Hare Airport.
Two F-16s scrambled to the plane, creating a sonic boom as they broke the sound barrier. Some of the northwest suburbs heard that noise, which sounded like two large explosions.
"I heard a huge, gigantic boom," said Sherry, who lives in Barrington and was obviously shaken by the noise.
"I had no idea what I was supposed to do with six kids," she said, her voice shaking.
The pilot called in a passenger disturbance when someone began banging on the 767's cockpit door. Airline officials now say that the passenger is a young man who is mentally disabled. Officials say the young man apparently just wanted to go inside the cockpit since he had been allowed inside another plane's cockpit before.
The FBI says it is possible that no charges will be filed in the case.
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