'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX UPDATE

Earlier this week we brought you the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. (See post below)

As source has provided a audio copy reportedly between the pilot of flight 612 and LAX tower. You can hear it here

The following is a transcript:
A=American Airlines Flight 612T=LAX Tower
T: (inaudible) ...flare or a rocket?A: (inaudbile) ...eh, it looked more like a rocket...T: American 612 how far away was it from your position?A: It was about 1/2 way between us and the coastline when we first called uh, in the last (inaudible)

ORIGINAL POST:
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.

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.

The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit.
FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know if that's what it actually was.

KYW

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