Turkish terror
Turkish terror
Bomb hoax sends plane back to Istanbul
A note warning of explosives on board found in the toilet of Turkish Airlines flight
Illustrative: A Turkish Airlines flight on the runway at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Airlines said a Basel, Switzerland-bound flight returned to Istanbul Friday after a note saying there was a bomb on board was found in a toilet.
The airline said that Flight TK1923, with 151 people on board, headed back to Istanbul to be searched. The threat turned out to be a hoax.
The passengers were flown to Basel on another plane.
It was the third such incident in recent weeks. On March 30, the company diverted an Istanbul-to-Sao Paulo flight to Morocco after finding a note with the word “bomb” in the toilet. No bomb was found. A day earlier, a flight to Tokyo also returned to Istanbul before being cleared.
Turkish Airlines says it is standard procedure to make emergency landings under such circumstances.
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