| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Bomb threat forces Turkish jet to land in Greece |
| 2010-01-23 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] A passenger plane travelling from Germany to Turkey made a safe emergency landing in the Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday after a crew member found a piece of paper with a bomb warning in the toilet, the airliner said. The plane, a Turkish SunExpress aircraft with 62 passengers and six crew on board, landed at 1558 GMT and Greek security officials were searching the aircraft before allowing it to resume its journey to Izmir from Stuttgart, Germany. SunExpress, a subsidiary of state-owned Turkish Airlines, said in a statement the captain followed security procedures and redirected the plane to the closest airport. Greek officials had earlier said the pilot had received a bomb threat on his mobile phone and said the incident was most likely a hoax. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 More likely a dry run to check out the security and what the pilot will do. Now they know, seems to me this could be used for getting people into a Country, or area where they were normaly unable, say a far inland city, Diverting a plane in transit and instantly. your man is on the ground, Sounds a bit James Bondish, but it would work. Have somebody standing by, say in a restroom, a quick change of papers and travel documents and you've got A hostile in-country unknown. Good sub- plot in a movie somewhere. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-01-23 11:50 |