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Air Force walks back claim of attempted hijacking on Afghan evacuation flight

By Mike Brest
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Air Force walks back claim of attempted hijacking on Afghan evacuation flight

The Air Force has retracted an explosive claim that there was a hijacking attempt on one of the Afghan evacuation flights.

The Air Force noted in a Tuesday statement that officials received an intelligence tip that five people on one of the commercial airline flights “intended to hijack the aircraft,” but that excerpt had been deleted as of Friday afternoon.

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