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Dutch police have arrested a man carrying a gun in his hand luggage as he checked in for departure at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, a police spokeswoman said. The weapon was found during standard safety checks on Wednesday, the spokeswoman said, adding Schiphol's police had started an investigation and questioned the man. The spokeswoman would not comment on a statement by airline Air Malta, which said the detainee was a Maltese man who was due to board a flight to Malta. "At this moment we won't give further details," she said. Air Malta said that after the discovery of the revolver,...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A British Airways flight from Berlin to London has made an unscheduled landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as a security precaution, the airline says. The aircraft was escorted by two Dutch air force F-16 fighter planes after the pilot requested the landing, officials said. "At the moment there are no more details of the specific threat," BA spokeswoman Sophie Greenyer said. "All passengers have disembarked and have been taken to a part of the airport for security screening." Authorities were also checking the plane, flight 983, police said. Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest international airports, is on...