Three men arrested after reported ‘terrorist content’ conversation forces EasyJet plane to evacuate

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Passengers on a London-bound easyJet flight which was forced to land and evacuate had reported a conversation including &&num;8220&semi;terrorist content&&num;8221&semi;&comma; police in Germany have said&period; All 151 passengers on the flight from Ljubljana&comma; in Slovenia&comma; were evacuated down emergency chutes after the pilot took the decision to make an unscheduled landing at Cologne-Bonn airport&comma; in Germany&comma; at around 5pm on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three men were arrested after every passenger was made to leave the plane and undergo a security check&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A Cologne police statement said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;During the flight&comma; other passengers had made the crew aware of the men&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;According to the witnesses&comma; these had been the subject of terrorist content&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Thereupon the flight captain had decided to carry out an evacuation in Cologne around 6pm &lpar;local time&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;There&comma; the machine was cleared in a secure area via emergency slides&period; &&num;8220&semi;The three suspects were arrested&period; Officials of the federal police ensured a backpack in the passenger area to be assigned to the men&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This was inspected outside the aircraft by a defiler and was blown up in a controlled manner&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The police statement added the three men were being interrogated and they were investigating &&num;8220&semi;on the suspicion of the preparation of a serious state-threatening violence&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A spokesman for Cologne-Bonn airport said the pilot took the decision to land the plane&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Prior to this&comma; the pilot had been informed about a suspicious conversation on board&comma; after which he decided to make an unscheduled landing in Cologne-Bonn&period; &&num;8220&semi;After the safe landing of the aircraft of the type A319&comma; the 151 passengers left the machine via emergency slides and were taken to a transit gate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The police have been informed and have taken action&period;&&num;8221&semi;Thus&comma; passengers had to undergo a check immediately after landing&period;&&num;8221&semi; Flights were suspended at the airport for three hours&period; An easyJet spokeswoman said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;easyJet can confirm that flight EZY3246 from Ljubljana to London Stansted diverted to Cologne on Saturday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The captain took the decision as a precaution to enable the aircraft to go through additional security checks in Cologne where the aircraft was met by the police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;In compliance with the local authorities&&num;8217&semi; guidance&comma; passengers disembarked to allow additional security checks to be performed&period;&&num;8221&semi; She added the passengers had been given a hotel stay for the night and would fly back on Sunday morning&period; &&num;8220&semi;We thank passengers for their understanding&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The safety of easyJet&&num;8217&semi;s passengers and crew is our highest priority&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed7016d58b3">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; 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