Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat

BERLIN - 15 September 2017: A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany after a bomb threat.

The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop, The Independent reported.

"From the telephone call, it was clear the caller was targeting a Turkish Airlines flight," a police spokesman said.

All 111 passengers were evacuated from the Istanbul-bound flight and officers with sniffer dogs searched the plane.

No explosives were found.

Police gave the all-clear and the flight was allowed to take off.