A jet has been evacuated in Madrid after a note claiming explosives were placed on a plane were discovered.
The pilot was alerted by crew members of the threat and raised the alarm.
The plane was a Saudi Airlines flight to Riyadh from Madrid.
All of the 97 passengers were evacuated after a note reading ‘bomb aboard’ which was pinned to a wall with a knife was found.
The Spanish interior minister has said the flight was on the runway and was about to take off before 11am.
The Saudi plane was then diverted to a secure and isolated area of the airport.
Airport officials confirmed that the note was written in English.
The Spanish Civil Guard has now removed the alert after a bomb squad searched the plane.
Only one of the airport’s runways remains shut down closed with at least two landing runways still in use.
