Plane back to Urumqi after threat

URUMQI: A China-bound Afghan plane diverted to Kandahar Sunday night after a bomb threat finally arrived at Urumqi, its scheduled destination, late last night.

Kam Air president Zamarai Kamgar, who was on the aircraft, told China Daily the entire incident "might have been a hoax". The airline's competitors might have been behind it, he said.

Kam Air is Afghanistan's first private airline. The state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines is its primary competitor.