Three arrested at Heathrow airport over alleged bomb attack

Three drunk passengers have been arrested and taken off a flight en route from London to Emirates, SkyNews website reported.

According to the agency, three men aging 58, 48 and 36 were rushed by police from the board of the plane after they had allegedly made remarks concerning a planted bomb on board of the plane.

Air security has been tightened in Britain, the U.S. and other countries following a failed Christmas Day bombing attempt over Detroit.

A 23-year-old Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a passenger on board an A330 passenger jet bound from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, tried to blow up a plane that was carrying some 300 people. He said after his arrest he was working on orders from Al-Qaeda.

MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti)