A threat to fly a plane into the US Capitol construction made through an air traffic control system on Tuesday does n’t appear to be believable , but the FBI is still plan to investigate how the air travel frequency was hacked .
According toCBS News , the heavy programme picked up by air travel traffic controller in New York claimed : “ We are flying a aeroplane into the Capitol on Wednesday . Soleimani will be avenged . ”
Soleimani appears to refer to Qasem Soleimani , the Iranian general assassinated by a U.S. drone smash on January 3 , 2020 . Although the U.S. government justified the onrush at the time by saying that it had been carried out as a preventative measure to “ end Iran ’s strategic escalation of attack , ” the move sharply intensify latent hostility between the two countries , stoking fears of a large - scale revenge .
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Although tension between the U.S. and Iran have become increasingly pregnant in the final solar day of Donald Trump ’s administration — and despite meditation that the Iranians might seek to apply the day of remembrance of the character assassination to transmit out a retributive strike against the US — Trump organisation officials tell CNN that the scourge looks like an isolated incident and does not match any known chatter or word on Iran .
Although it ’s not yet clear who sent the threatening digitized voice transcription , sources indicate to CBS News that it was suspicious that the message appeared to suggest hitting the Capitol on the same day Congress is set to tabulate the Electoral College event .
AsCNN preeminence , make such threat over aviation frequence is a felony offence , in the main because it could affect the teaching pilots get about how and where aeroplane fly . Air traffic controllers reportedly received a subject matter on Tuesday warning them to immediately report any further threats or signaling of planes trend from their prescheduled flight path
While the FBI declined to gloss on the specifics of the probe , the agency tell that it takes “ all threats of vehemence to public safety seriously , ” and the Federal Aviation Administration say that it plan to work closely with federal law enforcement .
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