Moscow bound Aeroflot flight lands in Greece after bomb warning

The Airbus A-319 with 49 passengers onboard had been flying for around an hour when it received news of the bomb threat, said Aeroflot spokeswoman Irina Dannenberg in Moscow.

Greek aviation officials said the plane was being thoroughly checked for explosives.

"An unknown man called and said there was a bomb on the Aeroflot plane headed from Athens to Moscow," a Greek civil aviation official told Reuters.

"We told the pilot to return to Athens for the appropriate checks. The plane was near the border with Turkey at the time."