SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Scoot flight, scheduled for Perth, Australia, returned to Singapore Changi Airport yesterday evening, due to a bomb threat after takeoff, local media reported.
A spokesperson for the airline told local media that, the plane departed at 4:11 p.m. and turned back about one hour into the flight, due to a bomb threat.
The aircraft landed in Singapore at 6:27 p.m., and security checks were carried out, the spokesperson added.
Singaporean Air Force sent fighter jets to escort the Scoot flight back to Changi.
