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Flight from Dubai to London evacuated after bomb threat

May 25, 2017 at 11:12 am

Image of a Virgin Atlantic plane [Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia]

Passengers on board of Virgin Atlantic flight from Dubai to Heathrow were asked to evacuate the plane and return to the gate after a bomb threat was received, Safa news agency reported mass media saying yesterday.

“We were just moving and then the captain called his flight crew immediately and they all ran up the front,” a passenger from flight VS401 told the Daily Mail.

Ten minutes later we were told to get off. The captain just came out and said Virgin take the safety of passengers very seriously – following the events in Manchester, Virgin had received a bomb threat so as precaution they have asked everyone to leave the plane.

“Our customers travelling on the VS401 from Dubai to London Heathrow have temporarily disembarked the aircraft for additional security checks,” a Virgin spokesperson told the Independent.

“This is purely as a precautionary measure as the safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we’re planning to have everyone on their way as quickly as possible.”

The spokesperson added the threat was later deemed to be “non-credible” and the plane was be able to depart a short time later.