Wouldn't fancy being on this plane at the moment

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Armed police have boarded a plane at Heathrow airport and are believed to have arrested two men after a "verbal threat".


Passenger Cameron McLean said: "Police just swarmed the guy and rushed him out.
"I think he was a white male. There was another one but I didn't see him."
He said the man was taken out in handcuffs then sniffer dogs were brought on board.
An airport spokesman said: "I can confirm there has been an incident on the EK004 flight to Dubai.
"Police are attending. It's not affecting the rest of the airport which remains opens."
Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "A verbal threat of some description was made. It was overheard. It was reported to members of the crew.
"They were understandably very concerned.
"They stopped the plane. The plane was taken back to some part of Heathrow, at which point anti-terror police boarded the plane.
"I think, at the moment, this was just a verbal threat but, of course, an investigation ensues until police are satisfied.
"It's an indication of how jumpy airlines and anti-terror police are."

Sky News are talking live to a passenger still on the plane.

jumpguy

To be fair, you must be the biggest retard to say anything abrasive like "I'm gonna blow this plane out of the sky" or "I'll ****ing kill you" in the current situation. The staff on board planes are already extremely tense. They're hardly gonna laugh it off and say "oh, you!"

BroomBurner

Think they're young lads (possibly drunk) making stupid comments on a flight to Dubai. Idiots.

TheZohanS

Typical of those bloody "white males".

My name is URL

Disgruntled passanger - "What is it with airline food?"

Police - "Oh hell no!"

The_Kew_Tour

remember my mate saying the bomb word in JFK space centre in front of security in JFK in 2006 when he was being searched by security and they just laughed at him.

I swear to this day he (and me and my mate that were with him) are lucky not to be in bloody jail. dam lucky

Cool Running

Sky News are talking live to a passenger still on the plane

Reminds me of Die Hard 2 when the reporter phones the station from the toilet in the plane

blubloblu

Boo!

Captain_Generic

My name is URL wrote: »

Disgruntled passanger - "What is it with airline food?"

"Yeah mine doesnt explode enough"

Gummy Panda

At least there was no snakes on the plane.

Buford T Justice

TheZohan wrote: »

Typical of those bloody "white males".

Damn Crackers!

Cool Running

adrian280582 wrote: »

remember my mate saying the bomb word in JFK space centre in front of security in JFK in 2006 when he was being searched by security and they just laughed at him.

I swear to this day he (and me and my mate that were with him) are lucky not to be in bloody jail. dam lucky

Exactly, look what could have happened http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/0508/leitrim01.html

El Weirdo

adrian280582 wrote: »

remember my mate saying the bomb word...

What? "Bomb"?

The_Kew_Tour

El Weirdo wrote: »

What? "Bomb"?

yes sherlock;)

spurious

I was going through Perth airport in Australia about ten years ago and a jack the lad sort made a bomb joke at the security scanner. These guys in black appeared from nowhere, some literally out of the walls (hidden doors).

It was quite scary. All his mates who were travelling with him were grabbed too. He wasn't in much of a joking mood then.

admiralofthefleet

looks like it was just lads acting the maggot while drunk

ejmaztec

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

looks like it was just lads acting the maggot while drunk

Those pilots like their drink, don't they?

argosy2006

He just said ''i want to start 2010 with a big bang and that the stewardess was de bomb ''

mikom

Mrs. Hammen: "Jim never makes verbal threats at home."

Sofaspud

Fingers McGee wrote: »

TheZohan wrote: »

Typical of those bloody "white males".

Damn Crackers!

Think you quoted the wrong post, should probably have quoted this one:

My name is URL wrote: »

Disgruntled passanger - "What is it with airline food?"

Columbia

I'd be seriously pissed off at those guys if I were one of the other passnegers on the plane.

I've heard of this kind of thing happening a few times, unfortunately. Kind of reminds me of when I flew to Prague with my GF last year. She's a bad flier, so I spent the journey making as many "bomb" and "crash" puns as I could (quietly! ).

CrazyRabbit

Effective immediately, you will no longer be able to place any white males in your carry on luggage at all UK airports.

Bonavox

How can they cancel a flight over a "verbal" fight. Idiots.

Warfi

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Effective immediately, you will no longer be able to place any white males in your carry on luggage at all UK airports.

Or carry on bottles of white male

TheIrishGrover

Gummy Panda wrote: »

At least there was no snakes on the plane.

Awesome sig Panda

Faithless

I would love to be on a plane right now FYI....preferably one way.

projectmayhem

Bono Vox wrote: »

How can they cancel a flight over a "verbal" fight. Idiots.

In fairness if a week ago a car with an Irish reg exploded in the center of London they'd be all over any Irish reg cars for a while after.

A man tried to blow a plane up from a European airport, they're understandably jumpy about it and have to act. What if it wasn't just a "verbal threat" by a drunk yobbo, but a real terrorist thinking he was going to take control of the plane?

Bonito

Got a stern bollocking last summer off security in Dublin airport for sayin "Lo pasé bomba" too loud and once too many on my return from Salou

fitz0

Bonito wrote: »

Got a stern bollocking last summer off security in Dublin airport for sayin "Lo pasé bomba" too loud and once too many on my return from Salou

That's what you get for going to Salou, I suppose.

thinks too much

I think Ryanair actually charge you extra to use the word bomb on your flight...

dsmythy

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Damn Crackers!

I'm offended. Someone call the offense police!