Bomb threat on Manchester bound plane
08.09.11
Two flights operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), including one bound for Manchester Airport, received bombs threats yesterday but both landed safely, one in Turkey and the other in Malaysia.
The Manchester bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight was notified of the threat near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The crew contacted the control tower in Istanbul to seek permission for the landing. Authorities quickly evacuated all 378 passengers from the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft after it parked at a remote corner of the International Ataturk Airport, and bomb squads began searching the plane with sniffer dogs.
Later, a second PIA flight from Islamabad to Kuala Lumpur also received a bomb threat. It landed in Kuala Lumpur and all the passengers disembarked safely. The bomb threats came four days before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
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