A Czech plane on a flight to New York made an unscheduled landing in Keflavik, Iceland, after the airline received a warning that bomb was on board.

A huge operation involving British and American aeroplanes was launched today to try to rescue the crew of a stricken yacht.

A Virgin Atlantic flight attendant appeared in court in Newark, New Jersey, for allegedly writing a bomb threat aboard a plane in January, forcing the London-to-Orlando flight to be diverted to Iceland.