Turkish officials said a piece of paper with the word “bomb on board” written on it was found in a bathroom on the plane, prompting bomb disposal teams to search the plane and evacuate its 234 occupants. passengers and 13 crew members.
A Vistara spokesperson said that flight UK27 from Mumbai to Frankfurt diverted due to “a security concernThe flight landed in Erzurum at 16:30 local time (13:30 GMT).
“At 23:30 we have completed all search and examination operations. As a result of the work we have carried out, we have found that the bomb threat was unfounded,” said the governor of Erzurum. Mustafa Ciftci he told reporters at the airport.
Ciftci also said the precautionary suspension of landings and takeoffs at the airport was lifted after inspections were completed.
“All flights arriving or departing from our province will now be able to fly in comfort,” it said. Vistara said in a post on X that customers, crew and aircraft were cleared by security agencies and all necessary checks were done. The airline also said it was sending an alternate aircraft to Turkey at 12:25 local time on Saturday to transfer passengers to Frankfurt.
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