'All 107 passengers have been safely evacuated,' said civil aviation authority spokespersonKHARTOUM: A Turkish Airlines jet carrying 107 passengers from Nairobi to Cairo made an emergency landing in Khartoum on Thursday after a passenger reported a bomb threat, a Sudanese aviation official said. “Turkish Airlines flight 606 made an emergency landing after a passenger on board said he received an email saying there was a bomb on board,” civil aviation authority spokesperson Abdelhafiz Abdelrahim said. “All 107 passengers have been safely evacuated.” He said that when the plane was in Sudanese airspace, the pilot informed Khartoum airport that he needed to make an emergency landing. Thousands evacuated after bomb threats in MoscowThe plane landed at about 7:30 am (0530 GMT).”The plane is now in an isolated area of the airport. Security officials searched the plane and passengers’ luggage but didn’t find anything suspicious,” Abdelrahim said.
Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2017 12:15 UTC