Reuters
September 14, 2001
Fox News on Thursday reported that AMR Corp's American Airlines sent out an
internal memo two weeks ago warning its employees to be vigilant about impostors
after one of its crews had uniforms and ID badges stolen in Italy.
The world's largest airline declined to comment on the report and airline employee sources told Reuters they had never heard of such a security warning.
No comment was immediately available from the FBI on the report on the Fox News Web site that the uniforms and identification were stolen when the crew's Rome hotel room was broken into a few months ago.
Federal law enforcement sources told Fox that they are looking at the incident with "renewed focus" to determine whether it is connected with the hijacked planes involved in Tuesday's deadly attacks on New York and outside Washington.
An airline spokesman told Reuters he could not comment on the report because the carrier is cooperating with the FBI and any information could affect investigations.
Two American Airlines aircraft and two jetliners from United Airlines were
involved in the devastating attacks. Two aircraft destroyed New York's World
Trade Center twin towers, a third damaged the Pentagon and a fourth crashed
in Pennsylvania.
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