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Plane makes emergency landing in Bulgaria following bomb threat

| | Nov 19, 2015, at 07:46 pm
Sofia, Nov 19 (IBNS) A plane with 161 passengers on board has been forced to make an emergency landing following a bomb threat, media reports said.

The charter flight had taken off from Poland’s capital Warsaw and was travelling to Egypt's resort town of Hurghada when there was a report of explosives on board.

The pilot made a request for an emergency landing and the plane was diverted to the Black Sea city of Burgas in Bulgaria.

Passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane to enable a security sweep of the vehicle to take place.

Reports said a thorough search was conducted inside the aircraft  but no explosives were found. However, the the airport remained closed as a result of security measures.

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