STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A Boeing 777 with 273 passengers on board flying from Canada to Pakistan was diverted to Sweden on Saturday due to a bomb threat on board, police said.
Stockholm district police spokesman Janne Hedlund said a woman had called Canadian police after the plane had taken off from Canada, saying a man on board had explosives with him.
Canadian police informed the pilot and, as the plane was in Swedish airspace, it was diverted to Arlanda airport, the main airport for the Swedish capital.
Hedlund said police were trying to establish contact with the man and explosives experts were on hand.
All the passengers had remained on board, he said, adding that the pilot had probably told them he had landed due to technical reasons.
He said that the man had passed through all the security checks before getting on the plane.
Hedlund did know which airline the plane belonged to but newspaper Expressen said on its website that it was a Pakistan Airlines jet on the way from Calgary to Karachi. |
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