9 hours ago“There's a bomb at the airport”, the plane bound for India is forced back to Frankfurt
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)A German airline flight, Lufthansa, from Frankfurt to Hyderad, India, was forced to return to Germany after a “bomb threat”. Officials confirmed today that the threat reached the Hyderabad airport's e-mail around 6:01 p.m. on Saturday. “formed a bomb threat assessment committee and was [...]
A bomb threat assessment committee was formed and all procedures were followed according to SOP”, an official source for ANI said.
Lufthansa's LH752 flight was launched from Frankfurt and was scheduled to land in Hyderabad early Sunday morning. After receiving the threat, however, the authorities decided not to allow the plane to enter Indian airspace.
An official from Hyderabad Airport told ANI that the plane returned to Germany because the threat came while it was still out of India.
We didn't get permission to sit in Hyderabad and that's why the plane made a U-turn and came back. Because of the care, the LH752 flight from Frankfurt to Hyderabad returned to the starting point after authorities were reportedly a bomb threat posted on social media. The safety of our passengers and crew is the highest priority of Lufthan. The affected passengers were offered access to Frankfurt and will continue their journey to Hyderabad today”, A spokesperson for Lufthansa said.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the threat. This is the second such incident in recent days. On June 13th, an Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi took a bomb threat and had to make an emergency landing in Thailand. /Periscope/
