Greek plane lands after bomb threat

An Olympic Airways plane carrying Greek EU officials has made an emergency landing at Munich airport in Germany after a bomb …

An Olympic Airways plane carrying Greek EU officials has made an emergency landing at Munich airport in Germany after a bomb threat was made.

The plane from Athens was flying to Brussels via Strasbourg and landed at 10.45 local time. All 136 passengers, including 11 Greek Euro MPs, were safely evacuated.

Greek police officials are saying threat was most likely a hoax, it was reported.

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