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False alarm on Ryanair flight landed in Scotland

Prestwick, United Kingdom - A suspicious pack was signalled by a passenger

Yesterday afternoon Paris-Dublin FR-25 Ryanair flight was deflected to the Scottish airport of Prestiwick for security reasons (see AVIONEWS for details). After a passenger’s information about a suspicious pack on board, the Boeing 737, escorted by two RAF (Royal Air Force) Tornados, was landed onto the air station South of Glasgow, the 172 people among passengers and crew were grounded and the aircraft w...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139193
Rome, Italy, 04/13/2006 13:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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