A passenger airplane flying from Moscow to Turkey made an emergency touchdown at Odessa airport in southern Ukraine on Tuesday after a suspicious bundle was present in one in all its bathrooms, an area police official stated in a publish on Fb.
“The invention pressured the crew to take the choice to hold out an emergency touchdown on the nearest airport, which turned out to be Odessa worldwide,” stated Ruslan Forostyak, advisor to the top of Odessa regional police.
The press service of Odessa couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
Forostyak stated the touchdown was profitable and a safety workforce with canines was inspecting the bundle.
He didn’t title the airplane’s operator however stated it was Turkish. A Turkish Airways official stated it was not one of many firm’s planes.