RAF fighters were scrambled to a flight to Heathrow after a bomb threat was sent to an airline on social media.The Royal Air Force scrambled RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft on Thursday,

Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled above the UK to intercept an Air India plane bound for Heathrow after the flight reported a bomb on board the plane.

The RAF has sent Typhoon fighter jets to intercept an Indian flight heading into London’s Heathrow Airport after it declared a ‘bomb threat’. An Air India flight from Mumbai declared an emergency earlier this afternoon.