Flight Diverted After 'Bomb Threat'

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Etihad Flight Diverted After 'Bomb Threat'

In the second incident of its kind in a week, the flight from Cairo to Abu Dhabi was directed to land at a Dubai air base.

14:14 Sunday 10 May 2015

All passengers on the plane will go through a security check. (File pic)

An Etihad Airways plane travelling from Egypt to the United Arab Emirates has been diverted after reports of a bomb threat.

The airline said the flight from Cairo to Abu Dhabi was redirected to land at a Dubai air base for "security reasons".

It did not specify the security reasons but the Saudi-owned al Arabiya channel said it was a bomb threat.

After the Airbus A321 landed safely at Al Minhad air base Etihad tweeted that it "was searched by security officials, but nothing of a suspicious nature was found".

The airline said the 128 passengers were subject to a security screening in the terminal before being allowed to board coaches to Abu Dhabi airport.

Last week, an Air Arabia flight from Kuwait to the UAE city of Sharjah was diverted to the same air base after its crew reported that a passenger had claimed that the aircraft would explode.

The report turned out to be a false alarm.