Arrested Ryanair passengers released after 'suspicious items' found in toilet turned out to be cell phone
The investigative unit discovered no ‘potential security threat’
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two men on a Ryanair flight who were arrested Sunday night due to a “potential security threat,” have since reportedly been released after an investigation from counter-terrorism officers determined no wrongdoing.
The passengers, a 34-year-old man from Kuwait and a 48-year-old man from Italy, were on a flight from Vienna to London when a crewmember of the airline alerted the threat on board, the Independent reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The airline turned the incident over to local police, who eventually let the two men go, citing neither had committed an offense. (Ryanair)
According to the outlet, “suspicious items” had been discovered in the toilets in the plane lavatories. However, after an investigation the item turned out to be a cell phone.
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Authorities at the plane’s destination of Stansted airport were alerted and the plane was “taxied to a remote stand where passengers disembarked safely” after landing, a spokesperson for the airline told Fox News in a statement.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Passengers in London Stansted waiting to depart to Vienna were transferred to a spare aircraft to minimize the delay to their flight,” the statement read.
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The airline turned the incident over to local police, who eventually let the two men go, citing neither had committed an offense.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"After examination by specialist investigators, the object was found not to be of concern,” Eastern Region Special Operations Unit told BBC in a statement.
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The statement continued, "Officers spoke with the two men and neither were considered to have committed any offenses."