Flight to Houston Diverted Due to “Bomb Alert”

A handwritten threat was discovered on board Turkish Airlines Flight 34 as it crossed the Atlantic Ocean overnight, according to the BBC and the Guardian newspaper.

There was 227 people on board The plane, when it landed safely at Shannon at around 11 o’clock.

The pilot requested permission to divert and land at Shannon and was cleared to reroute to the mid west airport.

The Turkish Airlines flight carrying 209 passengers from Houston, Texas to Istanbul landed safely at Shannon around 11am.

The jet is due to remain parked until its scheduled flight time has elapsed.

Authorities will then inspect the aircraft and speak to the crew.

The note with the alleged bomb threat is understood to have been taken as evidence by the Irish police.

With the flight still nearly two hours from Shannon, the airport’s emergency plan was put into action.

“The incident is now the subject of a follow-up investigation from an Garda Siochana (Irish police)”, the airport spokesman said.

Turkish Airlines has been targeted with a series of hoax bomb warnings over the past year.