Bomb threat diverts Rome-bound passenger plane
- LONDON — A bomb threat forced a passenger plane carrying more than 150 people to Rome to make an emergency landing in a French Air Force base Thursday.
- “Flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome diverted to Normandy this morning as a security precaution,” Irish carrier Aer Lingus said in a statement, adding that the plane had landed safely.
- Earlier, the office of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said it was monitoring the situation after what it called a “bomb alert.
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- LONDON — A bomb threat forced a passenger plane carrying more than 150 people to Rome to make an emergency landing in a French Air Force base Thursday.
- “Flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome diverted to Normandy this morning as a security precaution,” Irish carrier Aer Lingus said in a statement, adding that the plane had landed safely.
- Earlier, the office of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said it was monitoring the situation after what it called a “bomb alert.
Sources: NBC News