Lunch row bomb scare forces jet to land

A row over a meal on a passenger jet escalated into what the pilot took to be a bomb threat, forcing him to make an unscheduled stop in the United Arab Emirates.

A row over a meal on a passenger jet escalated into what the pilot took to be a bomb threat, forcing him to make an unscheduled stop in the United Arab Emirates.

No explosives were found aboard the Dubai-bound Royal Jordanian Airline plane carrying 172 people when it landed at Abu Dhabi Airport.

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