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The plane, bound
for Turkey's largest city, was diverted after a piece of paper
with "bomb" written on it was discovered in the toilet, a
spokesman for Turkish Airlines said.
Nothing was found in the search of the aircraft in Shannon, the
Turkish Airlines spokesman said, adding that the plane would
take off again to Istanbul.
An airport spokesman said the Boeing 777 touched down without
incident and all 209 passengers, plus crew, disembarked safely.
"The incident is now the subject of a follow up investigation
from an Garda Siochana (Irish police)," he said.
Turkish Airlines has been targeted with a series of hoax bomb
warnings over the last year.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin, Valerie Volcovici and Ceyda
Caglayan; Writing by Dasha Afanasieva; Editing by Mark Heinrich
and Jon Boyle)
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