A passenger aircraft flying from Moscow to Turkey made an emergency touchdown at Odessa airport in southern Ukraine on Tuesday after a suspicious package deal was present in one among its toilets, a neighborhood police official mentioned in a put up on Fb.
“The invention pressured the crew to take the choice to hold out an emergency touchdown on the nearest airport, which turned out to be Odessa worldwide,” mentioned Ruslan Forostyak, advisor to the top of Odessa regional police.
The press service of Odessa couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
Forostyak mentioned the touchdown was profitable and a safety staff with canines was inspecting the package deal.
He didn’t title the aircraft’s operator however mentioned it was Turkish. A Turkish Airways official mentioned it was not one of many firm’s planes.