A Lufthansa flight en route from Frankfurt to Hyderabad made an abrupt U-turn and returned to Germany early Monday after a bomb threat was reported, prompting aviation and security officials to take immediate precautionary measures.
Flight LH752, which had departed from Frankfurt, was scheduled to land at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. However, before entering Indian airspace, the aircraft received no landing clearance from Indian authorities, allegedly due to the threat.
“We did not receive a permit to land in Hyderabad, and that's why the aircraft took a U-turn and returned,” Lufthansa Airlines maintained in a statement.
The threat was reportedly communicated while the aircraft was still outside Indian jurisdiction. A senior official at Hyderabad airport confirmed that the flight did not enter Indian airspace and returned to its origin following security protocols.
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The episode has sparked confusion, as Lufthansa cited a denial of landing clearance, while Indian airport officials attributed the decision to the bomb threat.
No further details have yet been disclosed regarding the nature of the threat or the identity and number of passengers onboard the aircraft.
The incident follows closely on the heels of a similar scare on June 13, involving an Air India flight (AI 379) from Phuket to New Delhi. That aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing back in Thailand shortly after takeoff when a bomb threat was received. Immediate action was taken by the airport authorities in response.
Both cases are under investigation by respective aviation and intelligence agencies, raising security concerns for international flights bound for India.
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