Indonesian plane makes emergency landing after bomb threat

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Indonesian plane makes emergency landing after bomb threat

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(UPDATE) No bomb was found

JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPDATED) – A Batik Air passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday, April 17, after air traffic control received a bomb threat, an official said.

“A bomb threat forced a Batik Air flight to make an emergency landing this morning in Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar,” Transport Ministry spokesman J.A Barata said.

A police bomb squad examined the plane after it landed, but no bomb was found, Tommy Soetomo, chief executive of airport operator Ankasara Pura I, told local media. 

An air traffic controller in Ambon had received a bomb threat via text message as the plane headed toward its intended destination of Jakarta, he said.

He told Rappler the plane was an Airbus 320 with flight number LD 6717 that took off from Ambon. It was carrying 122 passengers, 2 crew members, and one pilot. 

Batik Air is part of Lion Group, which runs Indonesia’s biggest low-cost carrier Lion Air. – with a report from Agence France-Presse/Rappler.com 

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