Indian flight to Germany grounded over false bomb threat

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Deutsche Welle :

A bomb threat forced a flight operated by Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in the city of Erzurum, Turkey on Friday, but the threat turned out to be false, according to the local governor.
The flight UK27 operated by India’s Vistara Airlines was heading from the city of Mumbai to Frankfurt in Germany. It had 234 passengers and 13 crew on board.
Those on board were evacuated, said Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu.
A piece of paper with the words “bomb on board” was found in the lavatory of the plane, prompting the crew to make an emergency landing.
The flight landed at around 4:30pm local time.
“As of 23:30, we have completed all search and examination operations. As a result of the work we carried out, we found that the bomb threat was unfounded,” Erzurum governor Mustafa Ciftci told reporters.

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