Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet which had been diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage, officials said.

Swedish police evacuated a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage, officials said.

A plane carrying 273 people bound from Canada for Pakistan has landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport because of a bomb threat on board, an airport spokesman said today.