Jet lands in Iceland after bomb warning
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August 17, 2012, Friday
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A PASSENGER jet flying from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland yesterday after a caller claimed there was a bomb on board, a spokeswoman for Russian airline Aeroflot said.
"There was an anonymous call saying that there was an explosive device on the plane, which was already in the air," spokesman Irina Dannenberg said. "The pilot took the decision to land the plane and it landed safely. A search is being conducted."
A spokesman for Iceland's Keflavik airport said 253 people were on board the flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. A duty officer at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the plane's destination, identified it as Aeroflot Flight 103.
"The bomb threat was made sometime earlier in the morning and at 5:30am GMT the plane decided to head for Keflavik ... The airplane landed safely at 6:27am," said Keflavik spokesman Fridthor Eydal.
Russian news agency Interfax said an anonymous phone call had been made to US law enforcement agencies claiming five suitcases were filled with explosive materials and that they would detonate upon arrival in Moscow.
Emergency teams also searched an airplane in the city of Voronezh, 500 kilometers south of Moscow, for explosives yesterday after an anonymous phone call was made to the city's airport, but no bomb was found, state-run RIA reported.
"There was an anonymous call saying that there was an explosive device on the plane, which was already in the air," spokesman Irina Dannenberg said. "The pilot took the decision to land the plane and it landed safely. A search is being conducted."
A spokesman for Iceland's Keflavik airport said 253 people were on board the flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. A duty officer at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the plane's destination, identified it as Aeroflot Flight 103.
"The bomb threat was made sometime earlier in the morning and at 5:30am GMT the plane decided to head for Keflavik ... The airplane landed safely at 6:27am," said Keflavik spokesman Fridthor Eydal.
Russian news agency Interfax said an anonymous phone call had been made to US law enforcement agencies claiming five suitcases were filled with explosive materials and that they would detonate upon arrival in Moscow.
Emergency teams also searched an airplane in the city of Voronezh, 500 kilometers south of Moscow, for explosives yesterday after an anonymous phone call was made to the city's airport, but no bomb was found, state-run RIA reported.
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