ISTANBUL – Turkish Airlines said it diverted an Istanbul-to-Sao Paulo flight with 256 people aboard to Morocco after finding a note with the word “bomb” in the toilet.
The airline later declared Monday’s incident on Flight TK15 a hoax after the Boeing 777 was searched in Casablanca. It said the passengers would be returned to the plane, which would continue to Sao Paulo.
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Turkish Airlines says it is standard procedure to make an emergency landing under such circumstances.
The airline said a similar incident occurred Sunday on an Istanbul flight to Tokyo. That flight returned to Istanbul before being cleared. The airline said it believes the two incidents were unrelated.
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