A Vistara flight that took off from India’s Mumbai heading to Germany’s Frankfurt was diverted to Erzurum airport in Türkiye due to a bomb threat, the Governor of the eastern Turkish province said Friday.
There were 247 people onboard flight no UK27, which landed in Erzurum, Governor Mustafa Çiftçi said.
Security forces, including police and gendarmerie squads, as well as emergency response teams from Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) were immediately dispatched to the airport, reports said.
Bomb disposal teams examined the plane, which was cordoned off as part of precautionary measures. All air traffic was also suspended at the airport, reports said.
Reports noted that one of the passengers gave one of the flight attendants a napkin with a message saying there was a bomb on the plane.
