[texianyankee]

I was concentrating on driving, but my ears picked up on the news report & that it happened out of LAX. I never caught what passenger jet it was - whether American, etc.
But I did hear 6,000 feet altitude, bottle rocket, flare and the pilot thought it was a near miss with a missile.

I believe the incident occurred late last night - not early this morning. The news stated "night time."

[Kay Ludlow]

I never caught what passenger jet it was - whether American, etc.

I thought they said American Airlines, Los Angeles to Chicago flight. I too, have tried searching for information on that news story, and came up empty till your posting.