Alert forces aircraft to return

An aircraft bound for Luton Airport was forced to return to Romania 15 minutes into the flight after a security alert.

The Wizz Air plane, with about 165 passengers on board, touched down safely back at Timisiora in Romania.

It is thought Timisoara airport received an anonymous call shortly after the plane took off early in the morning.

A Luton Airport spokeswoman said: "The plane had to go back to Timisoara. It's understood it was a hoax call."

She said that the aircraft should have landed at Luton at 0720 GMT and was now expected in the early afternoon.

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Midnight Rider butting in here since Pasto got to posting this before me. . .

Does every bomb threat need to be checked out? Absolutely, without equivocation.

But I wonder whether every hoax should be reported by the media. Al Qaida and their ilk are not known for giving warning before killing and everytime a hoax is reported by the media it only encourages more hoaxes which may divert our attention from a real threat elsewhere (and that may be their intention in some cases).

A stopped attack -- the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the blond bimbos, even the Ford Hood shooter -- should be reported, to bring attention to the threat in our midst, as a reminder poeple need to continue to be vigilant and give them a clue as to what they should be watching for.

A hoax merely distracts and stresses a population already suffering from threat fatigue.

Just my 2 cents. . .