Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was among the passengers taken off a London-bound flight of Virgin Atlantic at New Jersey airport in the US following a bomb scare, a media report said here on Wednesday.

Musharraf and other passengers were evacuated from the aircraft after a security alert about a suspicious traveller and reports of a bomb in the airliner, Geo News said. The aircraft was later cleared and all the passengers were given the go-ahead to board it. However, Musharraf was taken to a local hotel and accommodated there.