An Air India spokesperson confirmed it had reported a "bomb threat" but the "aircraft landed safely at Heathrow Airport and all passengers and crew have disembarked". Audio of the passenger jet's crew alerting air traffic control to the potential threat was recorded by a Dutch plane spotter.

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.

Sonic boom heard as RAF Typhoon fighters scrambled to Heathrow-bound flight after 'bomb threat' - A sonic boom was heard over parts of England as the fighters reached supersonic speeds