ISTANBUL: A flight operated by Indian Vistara Airlines carrying 247 passengers made an emergency landing in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum on Friday after an anonymous caller said there was a bomb on board, state broadcaster reported. TRT Haber said.
Authorities had evacuated the plane and were searching for explosives, he said.
The plane was flying to Frankfurt, Germany, from Mumbai, India.
“Flight UK27 from Mumbai to Frankfurt (BOM-FRA) has been diverted to Turkey (Erzurum Airport) due to safety reasons and has landed safely at 19:05 hrs,” Vistara Airlines said in a post on X.
Erzurum's airspace has been closed to flights, Erzurum Governor Musrafa Ciftci told the state-run Anadolu news agency, adding that bomb disposal experts were investigating the plane.
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