Airplane makes emergency landing in Bulgaria over bomb threat
No explosives have been found aboard
A passenger who alerted crew about a possible bomb admitted on questioning to having consumed alcohol. STOCK PHOTO
SOFIA:
An airplane with 161 people aboard made an emergency landing in the Black Sea city of Burgas on Thursday, following a bomb threat while en route to Egypt from Poland's capital of Warsaw, Bulgarian authorities said.
All passengers and crew were evacuated, but no explosives have been found aboard, a spokesperson for the Burgas airport told Reuters, adding that the airport remained closed.
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"The plane landed in Burgas at 05.48 am (10.48 pm ET) after a request for flight number LLP8015 traveling from Warsaw to Hurghada to make an emergency landing, due to a report of the presence of explosives on board," the press officer said.
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A passenger who alerted crew about a possible bomb admitted on questioning to having consumed alcohol, a police spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for Polish national carrier LOT said the aircraft did not belong to the airline but was a charter, destined for the Egyptian city of Hurghada.
An airplane with 161 people aboard made an emergency landing in the Black Sea city of Burgas on Thursday, following a bomb threat while en route to Egypt from Poland's capital of Warsaw, Bulgarian authorities said.
All passengers and crew were evacuated, but no explosives have been found aboard, a spokesperson for the Burgas airport told Reuters, adding that the airport remained closed.
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"The plane landed in Burgas at 05.48 am (10.48 pm ET) after a request for flight number LLP8015 traveling from Warsaw to Hurghada to make an emergency landing, due to a report of the presence of explosives on board," the press officer said.
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A passenger who alerted crew about a possible bomb admitted on questioning to having consumed alcohol, a police spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for Polish national carrier LOT said the aircraft did not belong to the airline but was a charter, destined for the Egyptian city of Hurghada.