[font=Arial, Helvetica]FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. [/font] [font=Arial, Helvetica] Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica] The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica]FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know if that's what it actually was.
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[font=Arial, Helvetica] The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica]FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know if that's what it actually was.
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