Jet bound for New York escorted to Glasgow airport by Fighter Jets

Jet bound for New York is diverted to Glasgow Airport escorted by fighter jets after passenger finds a note saying 'I'll set this plane on fire' in the toilet

   EgyptAir plane carrying 326 passengers was travelling from Egypt
   BBC producer Nada Tawfik found note in toilet and alerted cabin crew
   'I immediately went to the crew - it's very scary,' she said
   Flight escorted by Typhoon fighter jets to Glasgow's Prestwick airport
   Met by armed officers as surrounding roads closed
   Strathcylde Police say all passengers to disembark and be interviewed

By Anthony Bond and Steve Robson

PUBLISHED: 16:56, 15 June 2013 | UPDATED: 19:11, 15 June 2013

A transatlantic flight travelling to New York was diverted to Glasgow and met by armed police after a passenger found a note which read 'I'll set this plane on fire'.

The EgyptAir passenger jet, carrying 326 people, was escorted by Typhoon fighter jets from RAF Leuchars and met by a convoy of half a dozen police vehicles at Glasgow Prestwick this afternoon.

The Boeing 777 -  which was travelling from Cairo to JFK Airport in New York - landed at the airport at 2.30pm.

Passenger Nada Tawfik, a producer for BBC New York, was on the flight and said she found the note in the plane's toilets by the sink.
'Tense': Passengers are met by a large number of police officers at Prestwick Airport after the unscheduled landing

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No doubt some other as*hole who thought it was a 'joke'.