VS201 diverted to STN - bomb alert

A VA flight has been diverted to Stanstead admid terrorist alert.

See breaking news here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3741674.stm

You just beat me to it iforres1.

Lets hope it is nothing serious!

Hey papadoc, no worries.

As you say lets hope nothing sinister and all well.

Iain

Iain

Thanks for the link - it's VS201 that's been diverted (no hijack - I'll edit the thread title appropriately). How strange that the flight gets all the way from HKG to the UK and suddenly there's a bomb warning? [?]

Hope all turns out good.

Cheers

Michael

Well, not much on the news about it...looks like it's scheduled to take off from STN at 13.00 again...

Lets hope the poor pax have not been sent by bus!

Route London (STN) to London (LHR)

Actual departure time 14 Oct 13:00
Estimated departure time 14 Oct 13:00

Actual arrival time 14 Oct 14:00
Estimated arrival time 14 Oct 14:00

quote:Originally posted by jamie
Route London (STN) to London (LHR)
Estimated departure time 14 Oct 13:00
Estimated arrival time 14 Oct 14:00

An hour STN - LHR, wow.

When I flew that route on a VS 747 it only took about 15 minutes!

Phil (Buffy)

Any word on which aircraft it was ?
Also, it wasn't exactly full - is this the norm for this route. I thought HK was a popular trip.

Probably allowed an hour for ATC delays i guess? Not 100% sure

quote:Also, it wasn't exactly full - is this the norm for this route. I thought HK was a popular trip.

It is heading towards the low season at this time of year therefore passengers level are slightly down. I also heard from HKG that BA and CX are doing a buy one ticket get one free offer so I guess that will hit the load factor too. My parents are flying over on BA next month on that deal... [V]

Happy Flying

The aircraft was an A340-600 G-VFOX

Apparently it was a hoax.
Police though have arrested a foul-mouthed Irishman and a grinning Greek.