UK: Bomb Alert Grounds Plane

[muriel_volestrangler]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1153076,00.html

Tornado jets have escorted a New York-bound Olympic Airlines passenger jet into Stansted Airport after a bomb alert.

Sky's James Matthews said the pilot called through a 'mayday' because he believed there was a bomb on board.

The plane was flying from Athens to New York when it was diverted to the Essex airport.

The passengers have been escorted from the plane.

[AndyP]

1. have you heard how/ why he thought there was a bomb nt

[Lancer]

2. Still breaking.

MSNBC only cable channel covering it, and they are back with the hurricane now. . .

Pilot gave out "full emergency alert" warning which summoned the British Tornado jets out to escort plane into Stansted airfield in Essex.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. telephone warning from Greece, according to the BBC

The BBC's Athens correspondent Richard Galpin told BBC News 24 the incident happened after an elderly man called a Greek newspaper anonymously and told them there was an bomb on board.

The paper called the police, who called the airline. No code word is believed to have been used.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3691856.stm

[Mom_and_Dad]

4. Here's the BBC link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3691856.stm

[napi21]

5. Looks like the Royal Air Force did better tham we did on 9/11.

We had phone calls being made all over the place and still took almost 2 hours to get out act together.