A man accused of carrying a pipe bomb in his hand luggage as he waited to catch a flight from Manchester Airport appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday (February 13).
Forty-three-year-old Nadeem Muhammed, of Tinline Street, Bury, is charged with possessing an improvised explosive device following a security alert at the airport.
He was arrested on January 30 this year when it was alleged that he had a pipe bomb in his hand luggage as he attempted to board a Ryanair flight to Bergamo, Italy.
The Pakistani national was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on March 13, although the court heard the case is likely to be transferred to Manchester.
Katie McCreath, defending, indicated that he would be pleading not guilty to the charge at the future hearing.
It is understood the case will not proceed under the terrorism protocol.
