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UK police arrest 2 passengers on plane at Heathrow
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-09 09:03
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LONDON: British police arrested two passengers on a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner on the ground at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after verbal threats were made before the take off, police said.
"It looks like there was some sort of verbal threat made," a police spokesman said.
Sky reported two or three young Englishmen had been taken off the plane and said police searches had not found any threat to the flight.
Airports around the world have been on high alert since a failed bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound plane last month.
"They took them away quickly and brought on some dogs to have a sniff around," passenger Cameron McLean told Sky News. "I think we are all going to have to get off and then reboard. People are just bored and want to get on with our flight."
