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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. | 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 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). | 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. | 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. | "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. |
| Bound for Brussels | |
| She said that the wrong flight number had been given by the person who made the threat and that the airline assumed it was directed at Flight 145. | |
| "We followed standard procedure - the plane was near Strasbourg so it made an emergency landing at Munich airport." | "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. | 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. | Most of the passengers were heading to Brussels via Strasbourg and they included EU officials, the airline said. |
| A Greek foreign ministry spokesman said Greek authorities are co-operating with German officials and that the threat was most likely a hoax. | |
| "I hope it was a hoax, but we are looking into the issue and we hope to have it cleared up soon," Giorgos Koumoutsakos said. |