HEATHROW AIRPORT NEWS - 11/01/2010

Police arrest passengers at Heathrow Airport

By James Wilson.

Police have charged two men at Heathrow Airport after they disrupted a flight to Dubai on Friday (January 8th).

Police commented they arrested two of three disorderly passengers after receiving a call from Emirates staff about their behaviour.

Robert George Fowles, 58, was charged with making a bomb and communicating false evidence, while Alexander Bain McGinn, 48, was charged with being drunk on an aircraft.

The third passenger was released without charge.

A statement from Emirates said: "Following remarks made as the EK004 prepared to depart London Heathrow for Dubai yesterday evening, crew alerted the Metropolitan Police who subsequently boarded the aircraft and detained three passengers."

It added that the flight was rescheduled due to the disruption and that overnight accommodation would be provided for affected passengers.

Armed officers entered the aircraft after a verbal threat was made to staff prior to take-off.

The incident follows the failed bomb plot on a Christmas Day flight from the UK to Detroit, which is suspected to have been orchestrated by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

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