Bomb scare forces Lufthansa plane to make emergency landingA Lufthansa plane flying bound for Frankfurt from Houston made a diversion to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Monday following a bomb threat, said a report. According to Fox News, The Lufthansa pilot made the preca More… |
EgyptAir plane delayed for two hours after bomb scareA Paris-bound EgyptAir flight was delayed for two hours in Cairo on Tuesday following a bomb scare, a report said. The airline had asked authorities to check the plae after a suspicious briefcase was found inside before take-off, More… |
Wife's bomb hoax caused security scare at Geneva airportA woman who wanted to stop her husband boarding a plane at Geneva has admitted making a false bomb threat, prosecutors said on Wednesday, after hours of tightened security that caused traffic chaos around the airport on the French-Swiss border. More… |
El Al flight lands safely after bomb scareAn El Al Boeing 747 flight from New York landed at its Tel Aviv destination on Tuesday after a bomb threat led France and Switzerland to send warplanes to escort the Israeli airliner over their territory. No emergency was declared More… |
BA passenger restrained after threatening to blow up planeBritish Airways crew members were forced to restrain a passenger on board a flight from London to Dubai after he "went berzerk" and threatened to blow up the plane, a report said. According to a report in The Telegraph More… |
Two Arabic speaking men kept from boarding US planeTwo men were kept from boarding a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Philadelphia because they were speaking Arabic, said a report. Maher Khalil and Anas Ayyad, of Palestinian origin, were told by a gate agent at Midway Air More… |
Bomb scares bring traffic to standstill in BahrainTraffic was brought to a standstill across Bahrain yesterday (September 13) following reports of suspicious devices found in several areas. Motorists driving on the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Highway from Salmabad, Janabiya and Hidd were stuck in t More… |
New Ebola scare grips US as 100 exposed to victimUp to 100 people may have had direct or indirect contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States, and four of his relatives have been quarantined in an apartment in Dallas, health officials said. More… |
Gulf Air pilots back after jet landing scareThe pilots and crew aboard the Gulf Air flight that skidded off the runway at Kochi International Airport on Monday have arrived back in Bahrain after being interviewed by those investigating the incident. In a statement, Gulf Air revealed More… |
False news 'scare returning Bahraini expats'Workers who left Bahrain during the unrest are sceptical about returning because of false coverage by the foreign media, it has been claimed. The Bahrain Recruiters Society blamed television, newspapers and Internet news sites for the prob More… |