Bomb threat on Indian flight forced to land in Turkiye was false, local governor says
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing on Friday around 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in Erzurum in eastern Turkiye was a false threat, the local governor said late on Friday. Turkish officials had said a piece of paper with “bomb on board” written on it was found in a lavatory on the aircraft, prompting bomb disposal teams to search the plane and evacuate its 234 passengers and 13 crew. A Vistara spokesperson had said a UK27 flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt diverted due to “a security concern.”
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing on Friday around 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in Erzurum in eastern Turkiye was a false threat, the local governor said late on Friday.
Turkish officials had said a piece of paper with “bomb on board” written on it was found in a lavatory on the aircraft, prompting bomb disposal teams to search the plane and evacuate its 234 passengers and 13 crew.
A Vistara spokesperson had said a UK27 flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt diverted due to “a security concern.”
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