Cologne-Bonn airport. German authorities on Thursday stopped a Turkish Airlines jet from taking off and searched it with sniffer dogs after Cologne airport received a threatening phone call, police said. The 111 passengers were taken back off the Istanbul-bound flight, which had already been taxiing on the runway of Cologne-Bonn airport, and were taken back to a terminal in buses. Shortly before 2pm, federal police had given the all-clear, after which the flight was permitted to take off. The threatening phone call referring to the flight came in around 10:15am and was considered sufficiently credible by federal police to justify the security operation.

Source: The Local September 14, 2017 11:26 UTC