Jetstar flight makes emergency landing in Japan on bomb threat

 

Bloomberg

A Jetstar Airways Pty plane carrying 136 passengers made an emergency landing in central Japan after receiving a bomb threat, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing police and airport personnel.
Jetstar received a phone call at around 6:20 am Tokyo time from what appeared to be a man in Germany who said he had put a plastic bomb on the aircraft and would detonate it unless the airline allowed him to speak to a manager, according to the report. No explosives have been found, it said.
A Jetstar Japan flight travelling from Tokyo to Fukuoka in the country’s southern area was diverted to the Chubu airport “after a potential security incident,” the company said.
The airline is working closely with the airport and local authorities to investigate the situation.
The runaway at the Chubu airport has been reopened after a temporary closure following the emergency landing, according to NHK.

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