Japanese Passenger Plane Makes Emergency Landing after Bomb Threat

Plane Makes Emergency Landing after Bomb Threat

A passenger airplane made an emergency landing in central Japan following a bomb threat on Saturday.

An airplane flown by budget carrier Jetstar Japan made an emergency landing at Chubu Airport following a bomb threat, though no device was found, the japantimes reported police and airport officials as saying.

The plane, which was carrying 136 passengers and six crew members, took off from Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture, and had been bound for Fukuoka.

Investigators said a phone call had been received at an information center at Narita Airport, with the caller claiming to have put 100 kilograms of plastic explosives in the aircraft's cargo hold.

(QNA)