Latest: Plane takes off after being 'held on tarmac in Paris over direct threat'

Latest: A British Airways flight has taken off from a Paris airport after it was searched by armed police because of a "direct threat" to the plan

Update - 11.55am: A British Airways flight has taken off from a Paris airport after it was searched by armed police because of a "direct threat" to the plane.

A British Airways spokeswoman confirmed the flight had taken off.