ISTANBUL — A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India's Vistara airline to make an emergency landing in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum on Sep 6 was false, the local governor said. 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...
Turkish officials had said a piece of paper with "bomb on board" written on it was found in a lavatory on the aircraft.ISTANBUL — A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India's Vistara airline to make an emergency landing in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum on Sep 6 was false, the local governor said.
A Vistara spokesperson had said flight UK27 from Mumbai to Frankfurt was diverted because of "a security concern". The flight landed at Erzurum at 4.30pm local time .
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