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Article: Jet aircraft forced to land near Rome after bomb report.(Brief Article)
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- April 11, 2005
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An executive jet with a reported bomb on board was forced to land on Friday (8 April) near Rome, an Air Force spokesperson said.
The Lear Jet 131 was heading to Rome's Ciampino airport from the Balkans and was forced to land at a military airbase outside Rome hours after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, after intelligence sources had warned it was carrying a bomb, said the spokesperson. However, inspection revealed that ...