MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. A woman claiming to have a bomb in her hand luggage has been detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, a police spokesman told TASS.

"The woman has bee detained. Police are working with her," the spokesman said, adding that no explosives have been found in her handbag.

According to the airport’s press service, the woman, born inn 1967, said that her hand luggage contained an explosive device when the plane was about to take off for Yerevan. "The pilot immediately reported the incident to the security service and police. <…> The thorough search of the passengers and their luggage yielded no prohibited substances," the press service said, adding that the woman will be brought to responsibility under Russian law.