Bomb threat diverts plane to Stansted under military escort

A BOMB threat forced a passenger plane to divert to a British airport under military escort for an emergency landing yesterday.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2004 - 01:00

The Olympic Airways flight from Athens to New York's JFK airport was carrying 301 passengers when it was re-routed to Stansted in Essex as a 'full emergency'.

The alert came after a Greek daily newspaper, Ethnos, received the telephone warning.

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