Dramatic new video has showed the moment two Italian fighter jets escorted an American Airlines flight that took off from JFK Airport in New York City to New Delhi, India after a mid-air bomb threat was received.

American Airlines Flight 292 was flying near Turkmenistan when it made a U-turn and was grounded in Rome due to a 'possible security issue,' the airline said.

The airline - which is still reeling from its catastrophic collision with a Black Hawk helicopter that killed everyone onboard a commercial flight in Washington DC last month - confirmed the ordeal on Sunday.

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