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俄航空客机收到炸弹威胁迫降

A Russian Aeroflot flight from New York to Moscow has made an emergency landing in Iceland after a bomb threat.

俄罗斯航空公司一架从纽约飞往莫斯科的航班因收到炸弹威胁而紧急降落在冰岛。
 
The Interfax news agency quoted air traffic controllers in Moscow as saying an anonymous call had been received warning a bomb was on board the plane.
 
The bomb threat was made to law enforcement officials in the US. 
 
Aeroflot spokeswoman Irina Dannenberg said the pilot took the decision to land the plane and it landed safely. The plane is now being investigated.
 
She said about 200 passengers had been on board.
 
The anonymous caller warned that there were five suitcases on the plane containing explosives, which would detonate once it reached Moscow.
 
Another plane in Russia's southern Voronezh region was also searched after an anonymous threat, but no explosives were found.