Plane evacuated after passenger claims to have seen IS messages on man's phone

An Iraqi man at the centre of a terror scare on an EasyJet flight from Vienna to London has been released without charge.

Plane evacuated after passenger claims to have seen IS messages on man's phone

An Iraqi man at the centre of a terror scare on an EasyJet flight from Vienna to London has been released without charge.

He was taken off the plane for questioning, moments before take-off, after the woman sat next to him told cabin crew she thought she'd seen messages related to Islamic State on his phone.

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