MEA Flight Returns to Beirut after 'Precautionary' Landing in Rome
A Middle East Airlines flight from Geneva arrived in Beirut on Sunday after landing in Rome over the absence of a passenger, the airline announced.
MEA said in a statement that the aircraft was heading from the Swiss city to Rafik Hariri International Airport in the Lebanese capital when it was revealed that a passenger with a boarding pass did not take the flight.
The pilot then made a “precautionary landing” at Rome's airport, said the statement.
The aircraft was thoroughly inspected. No traces of a bomb were found on it, it added.
MEA released the statement after reports said the Airbus 320 made an emergency landing over a false bomb warning.
The company denied the bomb threat reports.
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