On June 17, a plane carrying 442 Haggars returning from Saudi Arabia was diverted in Indonesia after Indonesian authorities received a threatening bomb threat email.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Indonesia said it had received a report from the Indonesian airport operator "about a bomb threat sent by an unidentified person via email".
email received at 7:30 am (local time) with a threat to bomb flight SV 5276 of Saudia Airlines, flying from Jeddah City of Saudi Arabia to Jakarta, Indonesia
After 10am, the pilot diverted the plane from its original destination, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, to Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, a city on Sumatra Island in western Indonesia.
The flight carryed 442 Hag Passengers, including 207 men and 235 women.
InJourney Airports - the Indonesian airport operator - said that after determining the security and safety threats, the pilot decided to switch to landing at the nearest airport.
The airport has evacuated pilgrims, and a bomb handling unit has searched the plane for explosives, the airline said in a statement.
