Flyme flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat
23 Nov 2014, 2:59 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
A Flyme passenger flight has made an emergency landing at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) at 11:49pm on Saturday after the pilot received a bomb threat, the Maldives National Defense Forces (MNDF) has confirmed.
All 11 passengers and three crew members on board the flight have been escorted safely off the plane, the statement said. The MNDF is now conducting a search of the aircraft.
The airport runway was opened after a two and a half hour closure.
The Maldives Police Services declined to state if any arrests were made, only stating that said an investigation team is active at the airport.
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