Plane delayed when woman shouts ‘bomb’ before take-off

‘There’s a bomb on the plane…it’s not safe’, said one passenger

A Hong Kong Airlines flight was delayed by four hours when somebody shouted 'bomb' before take-off (Getty Images)

A flight was delayed when a passenger shouted that there was a bomb on the plane.

Hong Kong Airlines flight HX253 was flying from Taipei Taoyuan International Airport to Hong Kong when a female passenger made the bomb threat shortly before take-off.

The plane was delayed by four hours while the aircraft was checked for explosives, reported local media.

The jet had just taxied to the runway ready for take-off when a woman stood up and shouted: “There’s a bomb on the plane…it’s not safe.”

Flight crew then aborted the take-off and returned the plane to the airport where police searched the aircraft and took the woman into custody.

It’s understood that the woman who shouted “bomb” will face charges of violating the Civil Aviation Law.

Flight HX253 landed in Hong Kong more than three hours late, according to Flight Radar.

Hong Kong to Taipei is the world’s second-busiest international air route with more than 28,000 flights a year.

Threats of bombs on planes are nothing new.

In July, a man confessed in court to calling in a false bomb threat because a flight attendant onboard would not agree to go on a date with him.

The unnamed 65-year-old Serbian man revealed he asked two Lufthansa flight attendants to go to dinner with him but they had declined.

He said he particularly liked one of the women and when he could not find her at her hotel he decided to call in the bomb threat to keep her from leaving.