News Jetstar plane forced to emergency landing after bomb threat

According to company and transport ministry officials, the aircraft carried 136 passengers and six crew members. Everyone escaped via the emergency exit slide. Five people received minor injuries but were not serious enough to require hospitalization. Aichi prefectural police dispatched a bomb squad unit to search for suspicious items on board the aircraft, but nothing was found in the passenger cabin. A search was also made of the cargo hold.

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Because of the emergency landing, the runway at Chubu Airport was closed to other planes. Airport operations resumed at 12:15 p.m., however. By 1:30 p.m., a total of 39 flights had been canceled and four flights had a change of destination. According to several passengers on the flight, the pilot announced an unspecified problem with the aircraft about an hour after leaving Narita and made the emergency landing minutes later. After landing, the pilot announced that a bomb might have been planted on the plane and ordered everyone to use the emergency exit slide. There was no panic on the plane, although many passengers were clearly stunned by the announcement.

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