Flight from Cairo to New York City grounded at Prestwick Airport

[Bosonic]

Source: STV

Police are in attendance at a Scottish airport after a plane was diverted from Egypt on its way to the USA.

A spokesman for Prestwick Airport confirmed that the flight from Cairo to JFK in New York had been diverted.

He said the aircraft – an EgyptAir Boeing 777 – had "grounded safely" at the Ayrshire airport at 2.30pm on Saturday. Officers from Police Scotland are in attendance along with Scottish Ambulance Service staff.

Eyewitnesses report the aircraft was escorted in by an RAF jet.

Read more: http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/229521-flight-from-cairo-to-new-york-city-grouded-at-prestwick-airport/

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[Swede Atlanta]

1. It will be interesting to see what develops out of this.....

Based on the facts as we know them, something had to be going on either in the cabin or there was some external threat (e.g. a telephone call with alarming or threatening information about the aircraft). RAF would not normally accompany a civilian aircraft if it was a standard medical emergency, etc.

But I am going to be a bit cautious in believing some of what will come out in the news in the next 6 months. I fully expect made up stories about threats that were averted due to our Big Brother watching our every move. The NSA is going to fabricate out of whole cloth facts and stories that justify their existence, just like Go Cheney yourself did with the facts that led us into his war of choice in Iraq.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Good to know I am not the only one

Thinking too much of a coincidence.

[PearliePoo2]

3. The article you linked to says...

there was a "note" found onboard. No info yet about the note's content.

[pinboy3niner]

4. AP is reporting a letter found in the lavatory threatened to blow up the plane

http://news.yahoo.com/us-bound-egypt-plane-diverted-threat-160515073.html

[pinboy3niner]

5. BBC reports its producer found note threatening to set plane on fire

15 June 2013 Last updated at 13:04 ET

Plane diverted to Glasgow Prestwick Airport after 'problem'

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BBC producer Nada Tawfik, a passenger on board, found a note in the plane's toilet with the words "I'll set this plane on fire" and a seat number.

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Ms Tawfik, who was travelling with her young daughter, said she found the note - written on a napkin with a pencil - inside the sink about three hours into the flight.

She immediately reported it to cabin crew who then locked the toilet.

"It almost looked like a child's handwriting or someone who has very sloppy handwriting, but it was very alarming especially these days when everyone is so concerned about safety on flights," she said.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22920907

[dipsydoodle]

6. Similar report in their local rag too

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prestwick-airport-incident-100-passengers-1954851

[closeupready]

7. How utterly ridiculous.