Unclaimed phone causes bomb alert on flight

Sunday, 05 Jan, 2016 0

A plane was forced to turn back from the runway amid bomb fears when an unclaimed phone was found under a passenger’s seat.

The Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul was delayed for more than four hours after the mobile was discovered on the plane at Mumbai Airport, India.

The aircraft was directed into a remote parking bay and all 250 passengers were evacuated and searched before being allowed back on board.

The flight, which was scheduled for 6am, eventually took off at 11.30am yesterday.

A spokesman for Mumbai Airport told the Sun: "Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul was called back from the runway at Mumbai Airport after a suspicious object was found in the aircraft."



 

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