A passenger plane is being escorted into Manchester Airport by an RAF fighter jet after the pilot reported concerns about a possible device.
LIVE LINK: Manchester Airport 'full emergency'
*MAN ESCORTED FROM PLANE14:23:
LIVE LINK: Manchester Airport 'full emergency'
*MAN ESCORTED FROM PLANE14:23:
Greater Manchester Police has confirmed a passenger was taken off the plane by officers.
*MAN ARRESTED
*MAN ARRESTED
14:30:BREAKING NEWS
A man pulled from the QR23 flight at Manchester Airport has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police says.
Chief Superintendent John O'Hare of Greater Manchester Police, said: "An incoming plane has been escorted into the airport by the Royal Air Force as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device on board.
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"We don't know how genuine this threat is but it is absolutely vital we deal with the situation as a full emergency.
"As a result people will see the police and other agencies at the airport and on the airfield.
"At this time I would urge them not to be alarmed.
"Our response will be as comprehensive as it is proportionate with the safety of those on board and in and around the airport our paramount concern."
*UPDATE: "As a result people will see the police and other agencies at the airport and on the airfield.
*UPDATE: "As a result people will see the police and other agencies at the airport and on the airfield.
"At this time I would urge them not to be alarmed.
"Our response will be as comprehensive as it is proportionate with the safety of those on board and in and around the airport our paramount concern."
The plane is thought to be a Qatar Airlines flight.
Eye witness Paul Bell, who is waiting for a holiday flight at the airport's Terminal 1, told Sky News his family saw the drama unfold as they were heading to the airport.
"We heard the fighter jet circling over Stockport and about 10 minutes later we saw the aircraft coming in.
"It was literally looping round the aeroplane."
He said the airport was now on "lockdown" and he was stuck in a traffic jam at the airport.
RAF jets were scrambled when the pilot of the passenger plane received information about a possible device on board
*Military jets have escorted a passenger plane to Manchester Airport after reports of a possible device on board.
*Military jets have escorted a passenger plane to Manchester Airport after reports of a possible device on board.
The Qatar Airways plane was escorted in to land by the Royal Air Force (RAF) following information received by the pilot.
Greater Manchester Police said officers were treating it as a "full emergency" as they did not know "how genuine this threat is".
All flights in and out of the airport have been temporarily suspended.
'Comprehensive response'
It is understood the plane involved is an Airbus A330, which was escorted by a Typhoon from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Ch Supt O'Hare said: "An incoming plane has been escorted into the airport by the Royal Air Force as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device on board.
"We don't know how genuine this threat is but it is absolutely vital we deal with the situation as a full emergency.
"As a result people will see the police and other agencies at the airport and on the airfield. At this time I would urge them not to be alarmed.
"Our response will be as comprehensive as it is proportionate, with the safety of those on board and in and around the airport our paramount concern."
Eye witness Chris Phelan, 42, from Heaton Moor, was in his garden when he heard the roar of a jet plane before filming it on his camera.
"I looked up and saw what looked like a Typhoon jet flying close to a passenger plane.
"I live on the flight path so I'm used to seeing planes coming into land but it's the first time this has ever happened in the four to five years I've been here."
FLIGHTS HAVE RESUMED AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT:
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