The Indian airline company Air Vistara's plane, which was flying from India to Germany, received a bomb threat over Turkish airspace. The plane made an emergency landing at Erzurum Airport. BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS SEARCHED THE PLANEPassengers were evacuated from the plane as it approached the apron. Security measures at the airport were heightened. Bomb disposal experts from the Erzurum Police Department, as well as health, AFAD, and fire brigade teams, were dispatched to the airport. Two bomb disposal experts and one bomb-sniffing dog are conducting a search on the plane. The airport is currently staffed with 100 security personnel, 54 staff members, 14 ambulances, 3 National Medical Rescue Teams (UMKE), 7 rescue teams, and 2 CBRN vehicles with 28 personnel, 6 vehicles with 24 fire brigade personnel, 1 crime scene investigator, and 1 interpreter. NO BOMB FOUND ON THE PLANEThe search of the plane by the teams has concluded. No bomb was found on the plane, and it was determined that the threat was false. The flight ban over Erzurum Airport has been lifted. More details to come...
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