Three arrested after Heathrow security alert
Posted January 8, 2010 10:19 pm.
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Three young British men were arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport after being taken off a flight bound for Dubai.
Armed anti-terror police boarded the Dubai-bound Emirates flight after the crew reported a verbal threat was made to blow up the aircraft as it taxied along the runway to take off.
Passengers were held on the aircraft for at least four hours.
Sources have suggested the men had been drinking and may have made the comments in jest.
