Bomb threat on Afghan plane flying in Chinese airspace
August 10th, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by admin
- URUMQI, China (BNO NEWS) — An Afghan plane carrying an unknown number of people was threatened with a bomb on Sunday evening, according to state media. It earlier reported the plane had been hijacked.
The news agency said aviation authorities have denied the plane to land at Urumqi airport but says that armed police and other emergency vehicles have rushed to the airport to prepare for an emergency response.
It was not immediately clear if the plane was ever hijacked at any point.
Further details are not yet available.
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