Panel formed to probe bomb threat on Hyderabad-bound Lufthansa flight forced to return to Germany

After the Lufthansa flight LH752 flying from Frankfurt to Hyderabad was forced to return to Germany after a bomb threat was received, a committee has been formed to assess the threat as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), officials said on Monday.

However, after an email was received at Hyderabad airport about targeting the flight with a bomb at 6:01 PM on June 15, out of an abundance of caution, the flight was advised to return.

Meanwhile, a Lufthansa spokesperson said that the flight was diverted out of an abundance of caution, and that the passengers were provided accommodation as they departed for Hyderabad today.

The Hyderabad airport said earlier that the flight was diverted as it had still not entered Indian airspace, as the threat was received.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

In a similar incident on June 13, a Delhi-bound Air India flight coming from Thailand's Phuket received a bomb threat and made an emergency landing on the island, according to airport authorities. The Air India flight AI 379 took off from Phuket at 9.30 and was on its way to New Delhi before it was diverted.