EgyptAir Resumes Flight to Beijing After ‘False’ Bomb Threat
- Uzbek security officials declared the plane safe to continue
- Threat was made three hours into EgyptAir flight from Cairo
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EgyptAir resumed a flight to Beijing from Cairo after a bomb threat that forced an emergency landing in Uzbekistan proved to be a “false” alarm, the airline said in a statement.
No explosive was found on the Airbus A330-200 with 118 people on board, the Egyptian airline said. Uzbek security authorities declared the plane safe after evacuating all passengers and crew and searching the aircraft. Airport officials in Cairo received the threat three hours after the plane’s departure, leading to the diversion to Urgench International Airport.