Greek jet makes emergency landing

A Greek aircraft carrying MEPs has made an emergency landing in Germany’s Munich airport following a bomb threat, German and Greek officials have said.
The flight, a Boeing 737 run by Greek flag carrier, Olympic Airlines, was en route to Strasbourg in France.

The plane, with over 100 passengers on board landed at Munich airport at 1045 local time (0845 GMT).

All passengers have been taken off the plane which is undergoing a security control check, Greek officials said.

“The bomb threat was made with a phone call to the Greek police while the plane was in the air,” Angeliki Gypaki, a spokeswoman for Olympic Airlines, told the BBC.

“We followed standard procedure – the plane was near Strasbourg so it made an emergency landing at Munich airport.”

A total of 130 passengers and seven crew were on board the plane.

Most of the passengers were heading to Brussels via Strasbourg and they included EU officials, the airline said.

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