Bomb Threat Diverts Delta Flight

World | January 18, 2004, Sunday // 00:00

Delta Air Lines passenger jet traveling from Germany to the United States was diverted to Ireland on Sunday because of an apparent bomb threat. En route from Frankfurt to Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Flight 27 landed at Shannon airport in the west of Ireland after crew discovered a note in a toilet suggesting there could be a bomb aboard the plane, BBC reported. Irish police said only that the landing was "security-related." All 147 passengers were taken off the aircraft and would be questioned by police.

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