Fake bomb threat grounds two planes

Two flights to Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, were diverted to other airports on Thursday over a false bomb threat.

According to Juneyao Airlines, one of its flight crew on flight HO1255 got a note from a passenger saying that his friend called and threatened to blow up the aircraft because he missed the flight.

The passenger said in the note that he was worried there were explosives in the luggage that his friend asked him to take. The pilots then decided to land in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province.