Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat

An Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200 taxis at Munich international airport - Copyright REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

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Published on 11/03/2019 - 14:47 GMT+1

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A Russian passenger jet made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane. It was a false alarm.

A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain and with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, Baku airport confirmed to Euronews.

The pilot suspected a bomb might be on board the plane and requested an emergency landing at the nearest airport to have checks carried out, the spokesperson said.

All passengers and crew were safely evacuated and a search carried out, but no bomb was found.

Flight U6-1116 was en route to Moscow's Domodedovo airport when the crew "received information about possible restricted items" on board, a spokeswoman for Ural Airlines said.

A source at the airport told Reuters that a passenger had been detained following the emergency landing.

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Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat

A Russian passenger jet made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane. It was a false alarm.

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