A Turkish passenger plane was searched after a C4 threat was found

Turkish channel NTV reported that the inspections did not find anything suspicious. The channel said: “No suspicious circumstances were detected during the inspection that was conducted.”

The governor of Şanlıurfa, Hasan Şildak, had announced earlier on Monday that the plane coming from Ankara had made an emergency landing in the state, after a paper was found indicating that there were explosives on board. He explained that the paper was found in the plane's bathroom.

According to the channel, the plane took off from Esenboga Airport in Ankara at around 19:03 pm on October 5, and after about half an hour, the co-pilot went to the bathroom at the front of the plane, and a piece of paper that was stuffed between the tissues fell out. It was written on the paper that there was one kilogram of C4 in the rear cargo hold, so the captain of the plane was informed, and then the GAP airport tower was notified at about 19:43.

The plane landed at GAP Airport at approximately 20:16, and was towed to a safe area, and 142 people, 129 adults, 7 infants, and 6 crew members, were evacuated after being subjected to a physical inspection. Special Forces, explosive disposal, crime scene inspection and anti-terrorism teams took security measures at the airport.

Security teams first searched the plane's cabin and hand luggage, then the luggage was unloaded from the cargo hold and examined with the help of explosives experts and a trained dog. Security personnel also examined the handwriting of each passenger individually, while the teams removed fingerprints and biological samples from the bathroom in which the paper was found and its surroundings.

Governor Schildak said in a statement from GAP Airport that the inspection was completed without detecting any danger, and that the airport was reopened to air traffic after assessing the situation.