Bomb threat forces Hajj pilgrims’ plane to make emergency landing
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June, 17 2025
(Web Desk): A Saudia Airlines plane carrying Hajj pilgrims home made an emergency landing in Indonesia on Tuesday after a bomb threat.
All passengers aboard the plane were evacuated after the plane, carrying 442 hajj pilgrims from Jeddah to Jakarta, landed mid-morning in North Sumatra province due to the emailed threat, Indonesia s transport ministry said.
Police were searching through luggage after checking the aircraft, said North Sumatra police chief Whisnu Hermawan.
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Saudia, which is Saudi Arabia s flagship carrier, said alternative onward travel arrangements were being made.
