MEP: An EgypAir passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after officials received a tip off about explosives on board, Kazakh media outlet Tengrinews reported.
The aircraft was en route to Beijing from Cairo.
There were 118 passengers and 17 crew members on board, all of whom were safely evacuated, according to Reuters.
Egyptian aviation sources said it was a false bomb threat that forced the plane to land.
The Wednesday’s development comes less than a month after EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared over the sea on its way from Paris to Cairo. Investigation into that crash is still ongoing, but a terrorist act is being discussed as one of the theories behind the tragedy.
It lost communication with the radar tracking system 10 miles into Egyptian airspace at a height of 37,000ft.
