Two men have been arrested after a Ryanair flight from Poland to Ireland had to be diverted to a UK airport after a bomb was feared to be in the toilets. 9News
"The captain followed procedure by alerting the UK authorities and diverted to the nearest airport where the plane landed normally, but was taxied to a remote stand where passengers disembarked safely," Ryanair said in a statement."The aircraft and passengers are being checked by the UK police who will decide when they may travel onwards to Dublin on a spare aircraft.
Police said nothing suspicious was discovered and two men, aged 26 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of making threats to endanger an aircraft.
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