By Staff Reporter — MUSCAT: Jan. 15 - A flight from Oman to Germany operated by Lufthansa’s budget unit Eurowings will head home after getting the all clear by authorities in Kuwait where it made an emergency landing over a bomb scare, spokespeople for the airlines said. A Lufthansa spokesman confirmed that the plane, which was flying from Salalah to Cologne, had made an emergency landing in Kuwait for aviation authorities to carry out investigations. It had 287 passengers and 10 crew members on board. No evidence of explosives was found on the plane, he said.A statement from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of Kuwait, too confirmed that no explosives were found on board. Meanwhile, further to the news circulated by a Kuwaiti local newspaper that an Omani aircraft departed the Sultanate enroute to Germany but diverted to Kuwait due to bomb threat. Oman Air confirmed that none of its flights were involved in any incidents.
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