Bucharest: Emergency aircraft landing due to bomb threat

bucha 33 AIRCRAFT, BOMB, Bucharest

Investigations into the aircraft are ongoing

A low-cost Wizz Air plane with 173 passengers on a flight from Kutaisi, Georgia to Warsaw made an emergency landing at Bucharest Airport in Romania due to a bomb threat.

The plane landed around 17.20 (Greek time) on Thursday and was evacuated immediately.

An airport spokesman, Valentin Yordake, told reporters that a woman had informed the Georgian authorities of the bombing, giving "very specific details".

Investigations into the aircraft by the local police authorities are ongoing.

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