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Eurowings flight makes emergency landing in Kuwait over bomb scare

Eurowings flight makes emergency landing in Kuwait over bomb scare
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A Eurowings flight travelling from Salalah in Oman to Cologne has made an emergency landing in Kuwait after a bomb scare.

A Eurowings flight travelling from Salalah in Oman to Cologne has made an emergency landing in Kuwait after a bomb scare, Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said.

No evidence of a bomb was found, a Lufthansa spokesperson confirmed.

Flight EW117, an Airbus A330-203 was carrying 299 people on board, according to state-run KUNA news agency, all were evacuated after the captain requested an emergency landing.

Eurowings is a subsidiary of German company Lufthansa.

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