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A Cyprus Airways flight to Greece made an unscheduled landing Monday following a bomb threat, the airline said.

Flight CY336, carrying 95 passengers and seven crew, landed in Paphos on the island's west coast shortly after taking off from Larnaca airport, Cyprus Airways director Christos Kyriakides said.

He said authorities at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport received a phone call shortly after 4 p.m. (1400GMT) claiming there was a bomb on board. The passengers disembarked and police searched the plane.

Kyriakides said the threat appeared to be a hoax.

"Unfortunately it's one of those things where some irresponsible person creates all this inconvenience," Kyriakides said


Published: January 15, 2007

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