ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Airlines says a Basel, Switzerland-bound flight is returning to Istanbul after a note saying there was a bomb on board was found in a toilet.
The airline said Friday Flight TK1923 with 151 people on board was heading back to Istanbul to be searched.
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It was the third such incident in recent weeks. On March 30, the company diverted an Istanbul-to-Sao Paulo flight to Morocco after finding a note with the word “bomb” in the toilet. No bomb was found. A day earlier, a flight to Tokyo also returned to Istanbul before being cleared.
Turkish Airlines says it is standard procedure to make emergency landings under such circumstances.
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