Originally Posted by
Dominator2
If the hoax call was only made to Kaunas 2 hours after take off you can work out the time available. It may have crossed the FIR before anything was known of the potential problem. Always a difficult balancing act, with decisions being made at the highest level.
It was made whilst on the ground, delaying the aircraft by 2 hours.
This flight from Kaunas to London Luton was delayed ahead of takeoff after Lithuanian authorities received a suspected hoax security alert. Police carried out a security search and cleared the aircraft to return to service; customers boarded and the flight departed to Luton.
“While on approach to Luton, upon the request of UK authorities, the aircraft diverted to London Stansted in line with security procedures, and landed normally at Stansted, where customers disembarked and were transferred to Luton by coach. Local police carried out a further search and cleared the aircraft to resume service once more.