<div class="" data-article-body="true"><h3 class="mb-4 text-lg font-bold">NEED TO KNOW</h3><ul class="mb-4"><li class="ml-4 list-disc"><div class=""><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, after a reported "bomb threat" appeared in a passenger's hotspot network name</p></div></li><li class="ml-4 list-disc"><div class=""><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The incident occurred during a flight from Istanbul to Barcelona on Thursday, Jan. 15</p></div></li><li class="ml-4 list-disc"><div class=""><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">After a thorough search of the aircraft, authorities determined there were no explosive and subsequently cleared the alert</p></div></li></ul><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">A Turkish Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday after a passenger allegedly included “bomb threat” in their WiFi network name.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Turkish Airlines flight 1853 from Istanbul to Barcelona, Spain, departed shortly before 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, Jan. 15, according to <a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/THY1853" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:FlightAware;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">FlightAware</a>. As the Airbus A321 neared Barcelona’s El Prat Airport, the aircraft looped around twice off the eastern coast of Spain.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="Adria Puig/Anadolu via Getty A Turkish Airlines flight make an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain." loading="lazy" width="960" height="640" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/90jtT57sdPpgHa_t28GGvA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/30fba82a4041b41827fbba6898786d2e"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-0 size-full" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg 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include a bomb threat,” according to an <a href="https://x.com/yhyustun/status/2011765482869629237" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">X</a> post from Turkish Airlines’ senior vice president of communications, Yahya Üstün.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The executive said flight crews subsequently initiated the “necessary procedures” in accordance with “flight safety protocols.”</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">After landing, Üstün said the proper authorities conducted a search of the aircraft “within the framework of international aviation security rules.”</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Passengers board the Turkish Airlines plane after the " loading="lazy" width="960" height="640" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" 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aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible"><p>David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty</p> Passengers board the Turkish Airlines plane after the "bomb threat" was cleared.</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">In a follow-up post, Üstün shared that “no irregularities were found” during the search.<br><br>“Efforts have been initiated to identify the passenger in question and to carry out the legal process,” he wrote. “Our aircraft’s return flight will be carried out after the completion of passenger boarding.”</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">In a statement shared with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/turkish-airlines-emergency-landing-threat-barcelona-5ea2fedc73d06074e805de20e5b94dff" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Associated Press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Associated Press</a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-barcelona-after-threat-2026-01-15/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Reuters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Reuters</a>, the Spanish Civil Guard confirmed nothing was found during a thorough inspection of the aircraft. The alert was subsequently deactivated.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><strong>Never miss a story — sign up for <a href="https://people.com/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">PEOPLE's free daily newsletter</a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.  </strong></p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The department added that police have launched an investigation to determine who was behind the hoax.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Neither representatives for El Prat Airport nor the Spanish Civil Guard in Barcelona immediately responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Read the original article on <a href="https://people.com/bomb-threat-in-hotspot-network-name-forces-flight-to-make-emergency-landing-11886376" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">People</a></p></div>

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