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Man sectioned over Manchester Airport plane bomb hoax Man sectioned over Manchester Airport plane bomb hoax
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A man has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act after a bomb hoax resulted in RAF jets escorting a passenger plane to Manchester Airport.A man has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act after a bomb hoax resulted in RAF jets escorting a passenger plane to Manchester Airport.
The 47-year-old man was assessed by medical staff and again by a mental health team after the incident on Tuesday. The man, 47, was assessed by medical staff and again by a mental health team after the incident on Tuesday.
More to follow. An RAF Typhoon was seen escorting the Qatar Airways flight QR23 from Doha after the pilot was handed a note about a possible device on board.
The man was sectioned "for a fuller assessment", police said.
The Airbus A330-30 was carrying 269 passengers and 13 Qatar Airways crew.
It landed ahead of its scheduled arrival time of 13:15 BST, the airline said.
Manchester Airport was temporarily closed and some other flights were diverted to Liverpool and Leeds.
Operations at the airport resumed at about 14:00 after flights in and out were suspended for about 25 minutes.
Passengers disembarked the plane "as normal", a Manchester Airport spokesman said.
The RAF confirmed Typhoon aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire as part of its "quick reaction alert role" when a pilot requested assistance.