ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Vistara Airlines flight bound for Germany made an emergency landing in Turkey on Friday after a bomb threat, a Turkish official said.
Flight UK27 from Mumbai to Frankfurt, carrying 247 passengers and crew, landed at Erzurum airport in eastern Turkey, Governor Mustafa Ciftci told state-run Anadolu Agency.
All passengers were evacuated from the plane and authorities searched their luggage, Ciftci said.
According to HaberTurk television, the pilots decided to land after a passenger claimed there was a bomb on board after the plane entered Turkish airspace.
Authorities have also closed the airspace over Erzurum as a precautionary measure, the governor said.
Vistara reported on the X Media platform that the plane was diverted to Erzurum airport for safety reasons and landed safely.
