A Vistara Airlines flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing in Erzurum, Turkey, on Friday due to a bomb threat, which was later confirmed to be false. The scare began when a note reading “bomb on board” was found in the plane’s lavatory, leading to the evacuation of 234 passengers and 13 crew members for safety.
Bomb disposal teams conducted thorough searches of the aircraft, but Erzurum governor Mustafa Ciftci later announced that the threat was unfounded. Flight operations at the airport resumed after inspections were completed.
Vistara Airlines assured that passengers, crew, and the aircraft were cleared by security, and an alternate plane was dispatched to take passengers to Frankfurt the next day.