BREAKING NEWS: Passenger jet makes emergency landing after bomb threat is made over Iran

A passenger jet carrying almost 300 people was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot received a bomb  threat while flying over Iran. 
The Eurowings flight was en-route between Salalah in Oman to Cologne when the pilot declared an emergency and diverted to Kuwait. 
The Airbus A330 had just passed Shiraz at 38,000 feet when the pilot decided to change course and head for Kuwait, rather than land in Iran. 

Following the emergency landing, security officials found no evidence of a bomb and said the claim was a hoax. 
The passengers were due to be flown from Kuwait to Cologne following the emergency. 

The aircraft was about two hours into its flight when the emergency was declared.  

The Kuwaiti news



agency KUNA quoted Mansour al-Hashemi,  spokesman for nation's civil aviation authority, as said 'initial investigations confirmed the plane was explosives-free'.
Eurowings said there were 287 passengers and 10 crew members on board the 12-year-old jet, which was being flown by SunExpress on its behalf. 
Eurowings said the flight was a charter for tour company FTI.
The plane was diverted to Kuwait 'for security reasons and in consultation with the relevant authorities'.
Eurowings is a subsidiary of German air carrier Lufthansa. It began offering direct flights from Cologne to Salalah in October.
Tal Muscal, a spokesman for Lufthansa, confirmed the flight was diverted and that no explosives were found on the plane.
'I do know there is nothing on board.'