STORY: Bomb threat forcing Indian flight to land in Türkiye unfounded: official
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:05
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the plane of India's Vistara Airlines at the Erzurum Airport of Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUSTAFA CIFTCI, Erzurum governor
3. various of the plane of India's Vistara Airlines at the Erzurum Airport of Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency)

STORYLINE:

A bomb threat has turned out to be false, according to the local governor, after causing a flight of India's Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing on Friday in Erzurum, eastern Türkiye.

SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUSTAFA CIFTCI, Erzurum governor
"We have concluded all search and examination activities and have determined that the bomb threat was unfounded."

The flight ban at Erzurum's airport had been lifted, said the governor, who noted that an alternate flight from Mumbai, India, had been arranged for the stranded passengers.

Following the bomb threat, the plane made an emergency landing in eastern Türkiye on Friday while en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt.

Turkish authorities said that a note reading "bomb on board" was discovered in a lavatory on the aircraft. This prompted the plane to make an emergency landing with 247 passengers and crew on board.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)