A Dutch man who made a hoax hijack call to stop his ex-girlfriend flying to Turkey with her new boyfriend has been jailed for six months.

The Transavia jet bound for Bodrum, Turkey was held for hours on Rotterdam Airport’s runway with all passengers and crew on board after the man called police to say al Qaida planned to hijack it.

The call sparked a terror alert at the airport as police searched the aircraft for weapons or explosives.