A Lufthansa flight scheduled to land in Hyderabad on Monday morning was forced to return to Frankfurt in Germany after an alleged ‘bomb scare’.
According to reports, the flight had to take a U-turn after it did not receive permission to land at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Flight LH752, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, departed Frankfurt at 2:15 pm and was scheduled to land in Hyderabad at 6 am.
“Out of an abundance of caution, Lufthansa flight LH752 from Frankfurt to Hyderabad returned to its point of departure after authorities were made aware of a bomb threat posted on social media,” an airline spokesperson told news agency ANI.
"The safety of our passengers and crew is Lufthansa’s highest priority. Affected passengers were provided with accommodation in Frankfurt and will be continuing their journey to Hyderabad today," he said.
Out of an abundance of caution, Lufthansa flight LH752 from Frankfurt to Hyderabad returned to its point of departure after authorities were made aware of a bomb threat posted on social media. The safety of our passengers and crew is Lufthansa’s highest priority. Affected…
— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2025
An official from Hyderabad airport confirmed that the flight had returned to Germany as a bomb threat was received while the aircraft was still outside Indian airspace.
In a similar incident on June 13, an Air India flight from Thailand’s Phuket to Delhi made an emergency landing in the island city after it allegedly received a bomb threat.
On Sunday, a Chennai-bound British Airways Boeing Dreamliner returned to London due to a technical snag.
The flight landed safely, with crew and passengers disembarking as they normally would, British Airways said in a statement.
The latest incidents come amid heightened aviation safety concerns following an Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last week, in which all but one of the 242 passengers on board were killed.
