HBSNews.com - the wake of a terrorist attack that left at least 37 people dead and 147 others injured at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, all scheduled flights between the United States and Istanbul have been suspended while officials sort out the incident. 37 Dead in Terrorist Attack at Istanbul Airport
An official told Turkish state broadcaster TRT that two attackers opened fire with machine guns and detonated suicide belts outside the international terminal before passing the first security checkpoint. Later the governor of Istanbul said that there were three suicide attackers.
At the time of the attack, 10 flights were airborne heading to U.S. destinations from Ataturk Airport, all of them Turkish Airlines flights. The flights will be isolated and searched once they land, after which they will be allowed to proceed to their gates.
The first flight to land on U.S. soil arrived at New York's JFK Airport at 5:30 p.m. without incident. Another flight is scheduled for a 10:15 p.m. arrival. Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Washington and San Francisco are all scheduled to have flights from Istanbul arriving tonight.
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