After the woman handed a flight attendant a note saying something was hidden in her body, the crew feared a terror scenario and notified authorities. U.S. fighter jets were scrambled, and the plane made an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine, where the woman was arrested.

An Air Mauritius flight has landed at Melbourne airport after being involved in a mid-air emergency.

Police are continuing to investigate a mid-air bomb scare which forced an international flight to make an emergency landing in Melbourne on Wednesday.