Emergency landing for bomb threat plane
5.04PM, Tue Sep 28 2004
An Olympic Airlines plane heading for New York from Athens is due to make an emergency landing in Ireland after a bomb alert.
The incident, the second in three days, was sparked by a telephone call at 1.45pm to a newspaper in Athens which said a bomb would explode within an hour.
"The plane left Athens at 1pm. There was a call to a local newspaper around 3.45pm saying a bomb on the plane would explode in an hour. Nothing has happened," Olympic Airlines spokeswoman Melina Pitta said.
"After a meeting it was decided the plane should make an emergency landing at Shannon in Ireland as it is the nearest airport.
"The plane carrying 295 passengers and 12 crew is heading there now," she added.
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