Plane makes emergency landing in Baku due to suspected bomb on board
An Airbus A321 plane was flying from Bahrain to Moscow
BAKU/YEKATERINBURG, March 11. /TASS/. A commercial aircraft belonging to Russia’s Ural Airlines en route from Bahrain to Moscow has made an emergency landing in Baku due to suspicions of an explosive device on board, the airport’s press service informed.
"An Airbus A321 plane belonging to the Ural Airlines air company, en route from Bahrain to Moscow, has successfully landed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport on Monday at 14:56 Baku time," the message states.
The press service added that the plane has made an emergency landing due to "the aircraft captain’s suspicions of an explosive device on board the plane." The airport’s emergency services are currently on standby.
Earlier, the Ural Airlines press service informed TASS that the plane has performed an emergency landing in Baku due to reports of "foreign objects" on board the aircraft.