Bomb threat forces Turkish Airlines plane to make emergency landing

A MAJOR airline has been hit by its third bomb threat this week. The latest forced a plane carrying 151 passengers into an emergency landing.

Bomb threat forces jet down

A BOMB threat has grounded a Turkish flight with 151 passengers — the third such threat made against the airline in less than a month.

The Turkish Airlines flight was flying to Basel in Switzerland on Tuesday but was forced to make an emergency landing in Ataturk Airport in Istanbul when the bomb threat was discovered, the Dogan News Agency reported.

The plane, a Boeing 738, with 151 passengers on board, was recalled while it was in Bulgarian airspace to return to the airport. It was able to land safely and no one was injured.

This incident is the third in less than a month that have forced the carrier to divert or recall flights.

The last bomb warning on the TK15 Istanbul- Sao Paolo flight was reportedly a “hoax” but still caused an emergency landing.

In another incident a passenger plane in Indonesia was forced to make an emergency landing after air traffic control received a bomb threat.

The Batik Air plane landed on Friday in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province with 122 passengers on board.

An air traffic controller in Ambon had received a bomb threat via text message

International travellers have been on heightened alert over the past 12 months following the Malaysia Airline MH370 and MH17 disasters and a number of other fatal crashes, including the Air Asia tragedy late last year.

Originally published as Bomb threat forces Turkish Airlines plane to make emergency landing