Lufthansa Hyderabad-bound flight diverted back to Frankfurt over bomb threat

A Lufthansa flight to Hyderabad was forced to make a Uturn and returned to land at Frankfurt Airport due to a bomb threat the airline said on MondayFlight LH752 departed from Germany around 1414 local time Sunday and was scheduled to land at Hyderabadrsquos Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the early hours of Monday but flight tracker data showed a diversion a few hours into the flightLufthansa said the passengers had been provided overnight accommodation in Frankfurt and are scheduled to resume their journey to Hyderabad on Monday morningldquoOut of an abundance of caution Lufthansa flight LH752 from Frankfurt to Hyderabad returned to its point of departure after authorities were made aware of a bomb threat posted on social mediardquo Lufthansa said in a statementldquoThe safety of our passengers and crew is Lufthansarsquos highest priority Affected passengers were provided with accommodation in Frankfurt and will be continuing their journey to Hyderabad todayrdquo the statement saidIn Hyderabad airport sources on Monday said ldquoA bomb threat email targeting Lufthansa flight LH 752 was received at the Hyderabad airport at 1801 hrs on 15th June 2025 They said a bomb threat assessment committee was formed and all procedures were followed as per standard operating procedure In the interest of safety the airline was advised to divert back to the origin or the nearest suitable airportThe Boeing 7879 Dreamlinerrsquos return midair came as a Chennaibound British Airways Flight BA35 also a Dreamliner returned to London Heathrow Airport on Sunday over a ldquotechnical issuerdquoThe aircraft returned to Heathrow as a standard precaution after reports of a technical issue British Airways said in a statementldquoThe flight landed safely with crew and customers disembarking as they normally would and our teams worked hard to get their journeys back on track as soon as possiblerdquo the statement addedAirline sources highlighted that this was an emergency landing and that it is ldquonot unusualrdquo for an aircraft to return to its origin if there are reports of any technical issuesOn Sunday a passenger on board the Hyderabadbound flight told PTI from Frankfurt Airport that they were told that ldquoHyderabad hasnrsquot given permission to land the flight thererdquoldquoIt was a smooth flight and after about two hours in the air we were told that we would be returning to Frankfurtrdquo said the passenger on her way from the US to visit her mother in HyderabadA Frankfurt Airport spokesperson confirmed that LH752 had landed back in Germany and Air Traffic Control ATC at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport received a message that the flight was returning to Frankfurt a short while after it had taken off from the German hub airportThe flights bomb scare follows a Delhibound Air India Airbus A320 flight being forced to return to Phuket Airport for an emergency landing back in Thailand following a bomb threat on FridayIt comes after Air India Flight AI171 Boeing 7878 Dreamliner en route to London Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday killing all but one of its 242 passengers and crew on board The death toll from the crash rose to 270 over the weekend after the aircraft crashed into an inhabited area of the cityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever