Indian security officials with a sniffer dog walk onto a Turkish Airlines aircraft as it sits on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on July 7. A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul made an emergency landing in India after the crew found a bomb threat written on a bathroom mirror, an airport official said. (AFP photo)
"Passengers have been asked to evacuate the plane, the drill is taking place right now," Hemendra Singh, spokesman for the federal Central Industrial Security Forces, told Reuters.NEW DELHI — A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok made an emergency landing in New Delhi after a written bomb threat was found in a toilet on the Airbus A330 passenger jet carrying 134 passengers, the airline and Indian security sources said.
Turkish Airlines was targeted with a series of hoax bomb warnings in April and again over the weekend. This threat was found about three hours into the flight, a spokeswoman for the airline said.
Indian security forces said they were scouring the plane for signs of explosives. The flight will resume its journey to Istanbul if is given the all-clear, the airline spokeswoman said.
The airliner was over the central Indian city of Nagpur when the pilot sent a message requesting an emergency landing and he was given permission to change course to Delhi, said Rajan Bhagat, spokesman for Delhi police.
The plane was being inspected in an isolated area of the airport, Mr Bhagat said.
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