Prompting the jet escorts was an anonymous, threatening call made to Maryland State Police on Monday morning.
“The caller made a bomb threat involving commercial aviation,” the Maryland State Police said in a statement.
Images of the flight itself sitting in the hijack site at JFK have surfaced on Twitter:
Update 11:56 AM: Rivet Radio reporter Steve Grzanich reports that the plane’s check appears to be clear so far. Reports surfacing elsewhere that flights into JFK have been delayed until officials are certain Air France 22 is safe.
Update 12:17 PM: Passengers have reportedly been permitted to exit the plane, though the investigation remains ongoing.
Update 1:59 PM: Fox NY is reporting that “as many as five” other planes are also being checked on the ground at JFK airport. The news outlet notes that Air France 22 itself has been emptied of passengers, but that two other flights entering JFK– one a Saudi Airlines flight and another American Airlines– will be inspected in the same way upon landing. The report notes that, in addition to the call received by Air France, “an anonymous call was received by a police communications operator at the Maryland State Police McHenry Barrack, in Garrett County. The caller made a bomb threat involving commercial aviation.”
Fox adds that officials are “concerned about a possible plot to disrupt and delay air travel in the New York area on the last day of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.”
