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A Greek aircraft carrying MEPs has made an emergency landing in Germany's Munich airport following a bomb threat, German and Greek officials have said. | |
The flight, a Boeing 737 run by Greek flag carrier, Olympic Airlines, was en route to Strasbourg in France. | |
The plane, with over 100 passengers on board landed at Munich airport at 1045 local time (0845 GMT). | |
All passengers have been taken off the plane which is undergoing a security control check, Greek officials said. | |
"The bomb threat was made with a phone call to the Greek police while the plane was in the air," Angeliki Gypaki, a spokeswoman for Olympic Airlines, told the BBC. | |
"We followed standard procedure - the plane was near Strasbourg so it made an emergency landing at Munich airport." | |
A total of 130 passengers and seven crew were on board the plane. | |
Most of the passengers were heading to Brussels via Strasbourg and they included EU officials, the airline said. |