Thailand-bound flight escorted safely back to Singapore after bomb threat

SINGAPORE (Apr 5): Two Singapore fighter jets escorted a civilian plane bound for Thailand back to the city-state on Thursday after a bomb threat was made by a passenger, the airline and authorities said.

Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said one of its flights bound for Hat Yai was safely escorted back to Changi airport.

Flight Aware flight tracker said the plane on Flight TR634 was a twin-engine Airbus A320.

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