DTN News: Airlines News TODAY January 10, 2010 ~ Flight To Dubai Postponed After Bomb Threat

DTN News: Airlines News TODAY January 10, 2010 ~ Flight To Dubai Postponed After Bomb Threat *Source: DTN News (NSI News Source Info) LONDON, UK - January 10, 2010: A packed plane preparing to take off from Heathrow Aiport in London on Friday was evacuated after three men made threats about a bomb.The men aged 36, 48, and 58, all British nationals, were taken off the plane in handcuffs by armed security officers and are now in police custody.The men allegedly made threats to air crew about a bomb as the plane was readying to taxi to the runway around 9:15 on Friday night. The aircraft, an Emirates Airbus A380-800 scheduled to fly from London's Heathrow to Dubai with 331 passengers on board, was evacuated as police undertook an extensive search of the plane. Sniffer dogs assisted in the search. Airlines and airports around the world are on heightened alert following an attempt by a Nigerian man with alleged links to al-Qaeda to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day. A Londonn Metropolitan Police officer said of the three men on the Emirates flight, "They have been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat." The other passengers were ferried to nearby hotels to spend Friday night before re-boarding their flight which was re-scheduled to depart from Heathrow at 3:00pm Saturday. "Following remarks made as Emirates flight EK004 prepared to depart London Heathrow for Dubai Friday evening, crew alerted the Metropolitan Police who subsequently boarded the aircraft and detained three passengers," a spokesman for Emirates said Saturday.