An Aeroflot flight from Athens to Moscow has turned back and landed safely after an anonymous caller told Athens airport staff it had a bomb on board, a Greek civil aviation official said today.
The Airbus A-319 with 49 passengers onboard had been flying for around an hour when it received news of the bomb threat, said Aeroflot spokeswoman Irina Dannenberg in Moscow.
Greek aviation officials said the plane, which landed back in Athens, was being thoroughly checked for explosives.
"An unknown man called and said there was a bomb on the Aeroflot plane headed from Athens to Moscow," the official told Reuters.
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"We told the pilot to return to Athens for the appropriate checks. The plane was near the border with Turkey at the time."
Reuters