BREAKING NEWS: British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London diverted to Montreal over 'bomb threat'
- Flight BA274 was due to arrive at 9.20pm in London but has been diverted
- Spokesman for BA said plane's captain took the decision 'as a precaution'
- Said they are working with Canadian authorities as they look into incident
A British Airways flight travelling from Las Vegas to London Heathrow has been diverted to Montreal after reports of a bomb threat.
Photographs taken from the airport show a dozen police cars racing to flight BA274, carrying 312 passengers, which made an emergency landing at Trudeau Airport in Dorval at 5.47am local time.
All of the passengers onboard and 16 aeroplane staff were evacuated while Montreal police search the aircraft with sniffer dogs..
Emergency landing: Police cars race to flight BA274, flying from Las Vegas to London, which was diverted following reports of a bomb threat. All the passengers have been evacuated off the plane
Taken to safety: A picture shows the aeroplane parked a distance away from the main airport, while coaches pull up to take passengers away from the aircraft. A spokesman for BA said they are assisting the authorities
Change: The Google tracker shows how the plane was diverted away from its intended destination
A spokesman for British Airways confirmed that the flight had been diverted after a request from the Captain.
She said: 'Our flight from Las Vegas to Heathrow landed safely this morning at Montreal and customers left the aircraft as normal after the Captain took the decision to divert the aircraft as a precaution.
'The safety and security of our customers, crew and aircraft are our highest priorities at all times.
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