A passenger aboard an easyJet flight from London to Glasgow forced an emergency landing on Sunday morning (July 27) after allegedly shouting that he had a bomb and threatening US President Donald Trump, according to The New York Post. The flight, carrying dozens of passengers, was met by police upon arrival at Scotland\u2019s Glasgow Airport around 8:20 a.m.<\/p>\n
Passenger yelled threats, mentioned Trump<\/p>\n
Eyewitness footage captured the man\u2014identified only as a 41-year-old\u2014shouting \u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d and, \u201cI\u2019m going to bomb the plane! Death to America! Death to Trump!\u201d The suspect reportedly began making the threats after leaving the bathroom, prompting alarm onboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump was just an hour away at his Turnberry golf course.<\/p>\n
Hero passengers intervened<\/p>\n
Fellow travelers quickly subdued the man. Passengers then held the man in place until the plane landed safely.<\/p>\n
Police: No explosives found<\/p>\n
Police Scotland confirmed the arrest in a statement Sunday. \u201cWe received a report of a man causing a disturbance on a flight arriving in Glasgow around 8:20 am on Sunday, 27 July, 2025. Officers boarded the plane on its arrival and a 41-year-old man was arrested and remains in custody. Enquiries are continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials added that no explosives were found on the aircraft and there was no indication of a wider threat to the public.<\/p>\n
EasyJet, counter-terrorism officials respond<\/p>\n
EasyJet confirmed the incident and praised the crew for their response. \u201cFlight EZY609 from Luton to Glasgow this morning was met by police on arrival in Glasgow, where they boarded the aircraft and removed a passenger due to their behavior onboard,\u201d the airline said in a statement to AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet\u2019s highest priority,\u201d the airline added, noting the crew is trained to assess and handle such situations swiftly.<\/p>\n
Counter-terrorism officers are now assessing the incident, including unverified videos that circulated online shortly after the landing. Authorities confirmed these videos are being reviewed as part of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A passenger aboard an easyJet flight from London to Glasgow forced an emergency landing on Sunday morning (July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[58067,748,58070,109995,50984,918,14986,4884,95968,712,41159,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-296801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-bomb-threat","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-easyjet-flight","11":"tag-easyjet-flight-ezy609","12":"tag-emergency-landing","13":"tag-glasgow","14":"tag-glasgow-airport","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-london-luton-airport","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-turnberry-golf-course","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114927222424559141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}