Russian plane grounded after passenger bomb threat

The Russian airline S7 said on Thursday that one of its planes had been forced to make an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

The landing was made after a passenger stood in the aisle and announced that she had an explosive device, the airline said. The plane had been on its way to Moscow from the city of Simferopol on the Crimean Peninsula, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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According to the Interfax news agency, the woman was detained by police. No explosives were reportedly found on her, according to the TASS news agency.

S7 said the aircraft had landed safely, away from other aircraft, and that emergency services and airport security staff had rushed to meet it. The airline did not immediately provide any further information.

rc/aw (Reuters, Interfax, TASS)

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