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Lufthansa Flight to Germany Diverted to JFK Over Bomb Threat

Over “credible threat” to plane bound for Germany.

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A Lufthansa flight bound for Frankfurt on Monday night made an emergency landing at New York’s JFK Airport after a bomb threat was phoned in, authorities said. The plane, Lufthansa Flight 441, was isolated from other planes at the airport due to what authorities described as a “credible” threat. The NYPD’s bomb squad was called out to inspect the plane as all passengers were evacuated, Port Authority police told the New York Daily News.

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