Gatwick temporarily closes during bomb scare

March 23: Gatwick airport was put on full alert after a passenger found a note in the toilet of an in-bound Emirates Boeing 777 from Dubai saying a ‘suspicious device’ was onboard.

The airport was closed for 15 minutes while the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit searched the plane and a man in his 20s was arrested by the Police on suspicion of involvement in a bomb hoax.

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