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UK Scrambled Typhoon Jet To Intercept London-Bound Air India Flight After Bomb Threat
The Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London.
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UK Scrambles Jets Twice To Intercept Russian Planes Near NATO Airspace
British Royal Air Force fighter jets were twice scrambled over the course of 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.
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Bomb Threat On Air India Flight A Hoax, Plane Back In Air: Official
A US-bound Air India flight made an unscheduled landing in London for what the airline initially called a "bomb threat". Minutes later, the tweet was deleted without any update being offered. Much later, news agency Reuters reported that an airline official said it was a hoax.
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Sonic Boom As UK Fighter Jets Escorted Plane Approaching London
Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline said, adding that the flight landed safely.
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Air India Plane Goes Off Radar Over Hungary, Escorted By Fighter Jet
An Air India passenger aircraft flying to London went off the radar for a few frightening moments while flying over Hungary, the airline said on Friday.
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British Fighter Jets Divert Heathrow-Bound Pakistan International Airlines Flight
British fighter jets on Tuesday diverted a Pakistan International Airlines flight which had been bound for London's Heathrow airport, due to a "disruptive passenger" police said.
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Jet Airways Plane Escorted By German Air Force After Going Silent Mid-Air
A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...
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Police Took 'Syria-Bound Girl' Off Plane on London Runway
London police stopped a plane on the runway at Heathrow Airport to remove a 15-year-old girl intent on joining Islamist fighters in Syria, a report said Wednesday.
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British police arrest two men on Pakistan flight escorted by fighter jets
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines flight on Friday on suspicion of "endangerment of an aircraft" after it was escorted to a different airport by fighter jets.
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Fighter jets over London as it prepares for Olympic Games
Fighter jets flew into a base in northwest London on Wednesday, the first time they will be stationed in the capital since World War Two, at the start of a week of military exercises to test out security ahead of the Olympic Games in July.
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UK Scrambled Typhoon Jet To Intercept London-Bound Air India Flight After Bomb Threat
The Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London.
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UK Scrambles Jets Twice To Intercept Russian Planes Near NATO Airspace
British Royal Air Force fighter jets were twice scrambled over the course of 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.
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Bomb Threat On Air India Flight A Hoax, Plane Back In Air: Official
A US-bound Air India flight made an unscheduled landing in London for what the airline initially called a "bomb threat". Minutes later, the tweet was deleted without any update being offered. Much later, news agency Reuters reported that an airline official said it was a hoax.
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Sonic Boom As UK Fighter Jets Escorted Plane Approaching London
Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline said, adding that the flight landed safely.
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Air India Plane Goes Off Radar Over Hungary, Escorted By Fighter Jet
An Air India passenger aircraft flying to London went off the radar for a few frightening moments while flying over Hungary, the airline said on Friday.
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British Fighter Jets Divert Heathrow-Bound Pakistan International Airlines Flight
British fighter jets on Tuesday diverted a Pakistan International Airlines flight which had been bound for London's Heathrow airport, due to a "disruptive passenger" police said.
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Jet Airways Plane Escorted By German Air Force After Going Silent Mid-Air
A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...
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Police Took 'Syria-Bound Girl' Off Plane on London Runway
London police stopped a plane on the runway at Heathrow Airport to remove a 15-year-old girl intent on joining Islamist fighters in Syria, a report said Wednesday.
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British police arrest two men on Pakistan flight escorted by fighter jets
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines flight on Friday on suspicion of "endangerment of an aircraft" after it was escorted to a different airport by fighter jets.
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Fighter jets over London as it prepares for Olympic Games
Fighter jets flew into a base in northwest London on Wednesday, the first time they will be stationed in the capital since World War Two, at the start of a week of military exercises to test out security ahead of the Olympic Games in July.
