Police hold passengers in bomb threat link
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January 10, 2010, Sunday
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BRITISH police arrested three passengers aboard a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner at London's Heathrow airport on Friday on suspicion of making a bomb threat, police said.
Sky News television quoted police sources as saying initial searches had found no actual threat to the flight, indicating that the incident may have been an ill-judged prank.
The men, aged 58, 48 and 36, were taken into custody for making verbal threats against the crew before take off, the police said.
"They have been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat," they added.
An airport spokesman said other flights at Britain's biggest airport were unaffected.
Witnesses told Sky that armed police with sniffer dogs boarded flight EK004, which had been due to take off at 8pm, swiftly arrested the men, then searched the aircraft and off-loaded all the passengers.
Sky News television quoted police sources as saying initial searches had found no actual threat to the flight, indicating that the incident may have been an ill-judged prank.
The men, aged 58, 48 and 36, were taken into custody for making verbal threats against the crew before take off, the police said.
"They have been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat," they added.
An airport spokesman said other flights at Britain's biggest airport were unaffected.
Witnesses told Sky that armed police with sniffer dogs boarded flight EK004, which had been due to take off at 8pm, swiftly arrested the men, then searched the aircraft and off-loaded all the passengers.
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