Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat, 5 injured
- Narita airport received a call from a man who said a plastic bomb was planted on the Fukuoka-bound flight
- Officials said no explosives were found on the plane carrying 136 passengers and six crew members
A Jetstar flight made an emergency landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Saturday due to a bomb threat, though no device was found, officials said.
The runway at the airport was closed after the flight from Narita airport near Tokyo, bound for Fukuoka in southern Japan, landed at 7.41am (local time), but resumed operations at 12.15pm after safety was confirmed, the spokesman said.
There were 136 passengers and six crew members on board, the spokesperson said. Five sustained minor injuries while evacuating from the plane, an official at the Chubu airport police said.
No explosives or other suspicious objects were found in a search of the cabin and luggage, the official said.
The flight was diverted to the Chubu airport, in Japan’s industrial heartland of Aichi prefecture, after a potential security incident, and passengers disembarked via emergency slides, Jetstar Airways said in a statement.