threat after a Qatar Airways plane was escorted by an RAF jet into Manchester Airport because of a "possible device" on board.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the aircraft
was accompanied by a fighter jet as it landed "as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device".
The threat was allegedly made in a letter handed to a member of the crew and passed on to the pilot, who alerted air traffic control before the RAF jet was scrambled.
The aircraft was the Qatar Airways flight QR23 from Doha to
Manchester and the RAF plane was a Typhoon from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
On Twitter, the force said the jet had landed at by 1.30pm and police and airport staff were "dealing with the situation as an emergency".
The Airbus A330-300 had 269 passengers and 13 crew on board.
Passengers said on Twitter that armed police were outside the plane shortly afterwards and images later showed a man in a green T-shirt being escorted off the plane by armed guards.
Police confirmed a passenger was taken off the plane but gave no further details.
People have disembarked from the plane and it is understood that no bomb or suspicious device was found on board.
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