UK-bound plane lands over bomb alert

An airliner heading to Britain from Pakistan has made an emergency landing in Turkey after a bomb threat.

An airliner heading to Britain from Pakistan has made an emergency landing in Turkey after a bomb threat.

Turkish TV said the plane received the threat while it was over Bulgaria, west of Turkey, and flew back toward Istanbul to land at the International Ataturk Airport.

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