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[caption id="attachment_77724" align="aligncenter" width="430"]Sochi Olympic Games 2014:  Hijack Attempt On Ppane From Ukraine Sochi Olympic Games 2014: Hijack Attempt On Ppane From Ukraine [/caption]Plane from Ukraine grounded in Istanbul after bomb threat

Turkey scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to accompany a passenger plane arriving in Istanbul from Ukraine on Friday after a bomb threat was made by a passenger demanding to go to the Winter Olympics venue of Sochi, Turkish officials said.

Television footage showed the Pegasus Airlines flight from the Ukrainian city of Kharkov arriving in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport.

"A Pegasus Airlines plane flying from Kharkov to Sabiha Gokcen landed at Sabiha Gokcen safely after receiving a bomb threat while in the air," the Turkish civil aviation authority said in a statement.

An official from Turkey's transport ministry said there were 110 passengers on board and confirmed that a bomb threat had been made but said the plane had landed safely.

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