A person, who threatened for bomb blast has been detained after a Qatar Airways plane was escorted by an RAF jet into Manchester Airport due to a “possible device” on board.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police stated the aircraft was escorted by a jet aircraft as it landed “as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device”.
The threat was allegedly made in a letter handed to a member of the crew and pass on to the pilot, who alerted air traffic control before the RAF jet was scrambled.
The threat which written on a page was allegedly passed on to crew member and sent to the pilot who actually informed air traffic control before the RAF jet was scrambled.
The UK news agencies reported that aircraft was the Qatar Airways flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester and the RAF plane was a Typhoon from Royal Air Force Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
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