EgyptAir flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat

An EgyptAir flight has made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after receiving an anonymous bomb threat.

According to reports, all 118 passengers and 17 crew members on board have been evacuated from the aircraft.

The flight was on the way from Cairo to Bejing before it made the emergency stop this morning.

This news comes two weeks after Egyptair flight MS804 disappeared over the sea en route from Parts to Cairo.

Something amiss with #MS955? @ZoraSuleman says CAI-PEK @EGYPTAIR flight landed in Uzbekistan due to bomb threat. pic.twitter.com/oJ7XXC32B6

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) June 8, 2016