A plane of the Turkish Airlines company that made the trip between Houston (USA) and Istanbul on Sunday was deflected off course and landed at Shannon airport in Ireland by a bomb threat, the Irish Times reported.
The pilots of the Boeing 777-300 warned the control center on a handwritten note considered suspicious and requested permission to change its flight plan on 10.20 GMT.
Shannon Airport has activated its emergency plan and evacuated without incident to the 227 passengers of the device, which was directed towards a secluded area of the facility, where it will be examined by explosives specialists.
The flight TK-34 of the Turkish company took off at 4.07 GMT and was due to arrive at its destination on landing 3.45 GMT.Antes in Ireland, pilots largely emptied of fuel tanks over the sea to ensure safety landing.
Several ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the scene, while the Irish Coast Guard was also put on alert.
Passengers were taken by bus to the airport terminal where police calligraphic submit them to try to determine the author of the note raised suspicions tests.