Plane diverts after note threat

A plane bound for London returned to New York’s Kennedy Airport early today after a flight attendant found a threatening note on a seat in the aircraft.

Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 departed from Kennedy Airport at 12.01am Friday (5.01am Irish time) but returned at about 1.30am (6.30am Irish time), according to Darrin Kayser, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration.