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Officials say two military fighter jets are escorting an airliner from the Canada border to New York.

Published reports say that the Emirates plane originated According to CNN, the passenger plane has been identified by NORAD as an "aircraft of interest"

The city has been on alert all day, as a result of a string of suspicious packages across the world – including in the New York City area.

Three UPS cargo planes – one in Newark and two in Philadelphia – were searched for packages, as well as a delivery truck that made stops all across the city ending up in MetroTech in Brooklyn. That's where the bomb squad took a close look at an envelope from Yemen.

The envelope arrived on a plane that landed at John F. Kennedy Airport and was addressed to JP Morgan Chase's location at Metro Tech.

So far all packages found in the United states have been cleared for explosives.

A suspicious package at an airport two hours north of London prompted the searches. Tests on the device came back negative for explosives.

Meanwhile, FedEx has confiscated a package in Dubai that was also shipped from Yemen.
The company says it has embargoed all shipments from Dubai.

*Agencies