A British national was forced out of a plane after a fellow passenger found a text message on his mobile phone about prayers and reported him as a security threat.
Armed police at London’s Luton airport removed the man from the easyJet flight to Amsterdam by force on Thursday.
Laolu Opebiyi, 40 said that security personnel forced him to hand over his phone and password to establish his innocence. He acknowledged the prayer message saying he was simply trying to arrange a conference call prayers with his friends using WhatsApp.
Opebiyi was cleared following brief questioning by the security but the pilot refused to allow him back on to the flight. He subsequently waited more than three hours to catch the next flight.