A man has been arrested
on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after military jets were
called to escort a passenger plane to Manchester Airport.
The Qatar Airways plane was escorted in to land by the Royal Air Force (RAF) following information received by the pilot.Greater Manchester Police said it was treating it as a "full emergency".
Armed police boarded the Doha to Manchester plane and arrested a passenger on board.
All flights in and out of the airport were suspended for about 25 minutes......http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-28662561
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- A passenger plane operated by Qatar Airways in Manchester airport has been escorted by British fighter jets on Tuesday, according to Reuters news agency, citing social media pictures.
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- Un avion de ligne de Qatar Airways a été escorté mardi par un jet de l’armée britannique jusqu’à l’aéroport de Manchester (Nord de l’Angleterre) où il a atterri, après des informations sur la possible présence d’un colis suspect à bord, a indiqué la police.
« Nous ne savons pas si la menace est réelle, mais il est absolument vital que nous traitions la situation comme une urgence », a déclaré John O’Hare de la police de Manchester.
Un « incident isolé »
Les chaînes de télévision d’information en continu Sky News et BBC News ont diffusé une photo montrant cet avion, un Airbus A330 de Qatar Airways, escorté par un jet Typhoon de la RAF, ainsi qu’une vidéo de l’avion de chasse filmée par un passager....................http://www.lesoir.be/617484/article/actualite/fil-info/fil-info-monde/2014-08-05/une-bombe-dans-un-avion-en-angleterre-un-homme-arrete-apres-une-poss5/8/14
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British police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of making a hoax bomb threat that forced a Qatar Airways plane to make an emergency landing under military jet escort....
ReplyDeleteFootage of the incident appeared to show an Royal Air Force Typhoon jet escorting the Airbus A330 to Manchester Airport in northwest England.
"A man who was onboard the plane... has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat," Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said on its official Twitter page. Passengers reported that the suspect had been hauled off the plane by armed police, less than an hour after it had landed.
Chief Superintendent John O'Hare earlier said that the jet escort had been scrambled because of the pilot of the passenger plane sent an alert about a possible device on board.
A witness told Sky News television that the airport was "on lock-down" and that no planes were landing or taking off, but GMP later tweeted that it was "business as usual" and that the matter was being dealt with as an isolated incident.
The incident caused the diversion of the plane carrying the Manchester United football team back from its pre-season tour of the United States, local paper the Manchester Evening News reported.
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