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EasyJet's flight from London to the Spanish holiday island of Menorca was escorted by a Spanish fighter to a destination after a British teenager on board threatened to blow up on social media. , Police said on Monday.
An 18-year-old boy traveling with his five friends spends the night in prison awaiting a court hearing, a police spokesman for the Spanish Civil Guard said. I did.
The footage of the incident shows an F-18 jet flying near the characteristic orange wing tip of a commercial airline A-319 aircraft, which typically carries 120-150 passengers. rice field.
You can see the fighter waving its wings. This is a gesture known in aviation as an indication that other pilots should follow him. : "Why are you doing that, is it just showing off?"
Military aircraft usually have ground air traffic control when they lose contact with civilian aircraft. Or intercept civilian aircraft when a threat is perceived by the aircraft or passengers due to bomb warnings, suspicious objects, or fear of terrorist activity.
EasyJet's EZY8303 flight, which departed from London Gatwick Airport at 1 pm, landed safely at Menorca Airport in the Balearic Islands about 30 minutes before 5 pm and was guided to the security area.
There, teenagers were arrested, and during the two hours passengers were asked to disembark one by one and identify their luggage for checking by detection dogs and bomb disposal experts. The Civil Guard said.
Other flights from Menorca were interrupted by the incident.
EasyJet spokesman confirmed that the flight was escorted by a military aircraft and delayed disembarkation due to preventative security checks, but did not provide details of the cause.
"Passenger and crew safety and security have always been easyJet's top priorities and we would like to thank our passengers for their understanding," he said. (Report by Joan Faus and Corina Rodriguez, Written by Aislinn Laing, Edited by Andrei Khalip and Alex Richardson)
