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Turkish Airliner Makes Emergency Landing Over Bomb Scare

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The airliner, en route from Istanbul to Sao Paulo, declared an emergency and diverted to Casablanca, Morocco.

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 with 256 passengers on board en route from Istanbul to Sao Paulo declared an emergency and diverted to Casablanca, a spokeswoman for the airline said. 

Passengers have been evacuated, according to the recent reports. Search to find any explosive device is underway. 

According to AirLive's Twitter, a note reading "Bomb" was found at the airplane's toilet cabin.

The airliner landed safely in Casablanca at 12:30 GMT. Prior to that, all flights were diverted from the Casablanca airport.

After the Turkish airliner landed, all flights to Casablanca were resumed, Flightradar24 reports:

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