Suspicious phone found on plane causes bomb scare, emergency landing

By APD Writer Chen Jiabao

**BANGKOK, Sept.21 (APD) -- **An unclaimed mobile phone with suspected message was found in an Indian-flagged Jet Airways plane, forcing the aircraft to make emergency landing here in Bangkok, local media reported on Thursday.

The plane, carrying 155 passengers, left New Delhi and landed on Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport at 8:42 p.m. local time on Wednesday.

An Indian couple found a mobile phone displaying "Downloading. Do not turn target" on the seat. They gave the phone to a flight attendant to locate the owner, according to Daily News.

The captain worried that it was a bomb threat. He informed the airport control center to activate an emergency plan.

It's reported that suspicious stuffs were found in an Indian airport just few hours before the flight took off.

The aircraft was taken upon landing to an isolated parking stand and the whole passengers were evacuated from the plane.

Police said they found nothing suspicious on the plan after a full search.

According to initial investigation, the owner of the phone is having a vocation in Thailand. He left India's Mumbai before entering the country.

The situation of Suvarnabhumi airport has returned to normal. Further details are under investigation.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)