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I'll bet they improve their between-flight cleaning services
after this. But this is sort of over-reaction is becoming
simply ridiculous.

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/stor...al/1387072.inp

"Fighter planes escort UK jet in bomb alert
8:49 AM June 8

A British holiday jet carrying over 100 people from Portugal
to central England was diverted under fighter escort to an
airport near London after a suspicious package was found in
the cabin, police said.

Bomb disposal experts later gave the all-clear, airport and
travel company officials said.

A spokeswoman for German-owned holiday company Thomson said
the alert began when a passenger found a mobile telephone in
the cabin of the Boeing 737 plane, carrying 108 people from
Faro to Coventry.

"Because it didn't belong to anyone aboard the flight ... as
a precautionary measure the plane was diverted to Stansted
airport," she said.

A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said two F3 Tornadoes had
escorted the plane to the airport, about 65 kilometres
north-east of London, where an army bomb disposal team
joined police.

A police spokeswoman said all 103 passengers and five crew
aboard Flight 302 were being looked after by police and
airport staff. "


Cheers, Alan, Australia