Carpatair plane makes emergency landing after bomb threat - 01.04.2009

A Carpatair flight made an emergency landing at the airport of Timisoara (western Romania) after a phone call announcing a bomb placed on board. All 22 passangers and 4 crew members were evacuated and the aircraft moved to a safe zone for checks by bomb disposal experts. It turned out to be a false alarm, no explosive devices being found on the plane. The autorities try to trace down the phone call which was made from Italy and they do not rule out the possibility of a joke made on the occasion of April Fools' Day.