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An aircraft passenger from Dover has been charged with making a bomb threat that grounded a packed jet at Heathrow Airport on Friday evening (8 January).

Two men have been charged by Police in connection with the incident in which an alleged bomb threat was made on board an Emirates Airline flight as it prepared to leave London’s Heathrow Airport.

A 58 year-old from Dover is accused of making a bomb hoax and being drunk on the Dubai-bound flight on January 8, Police said.

Another passenger aged 48, also from Dover, is charged with being drunk on an aircraft.

The 58-year-old will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, tomorrow (11 January) and the other man has been bailed to appear at the same court on January 22.

It is reported a third man arrested at the same time was released without charge.