Scoot flight bound for Perth circles back to Singapore after bomb threat

One of two RSAF fighter jets escorting Scoot flight TR16 back to Changi Airport on Thursday. PHOTO: MILITARY AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY SINGAPORE/FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: A Perth-bound Scoot flight returned to Singapore following a bomb threat on Thursday. It landed at Changi Airport at 6.27pm.

In response to queries, a spokesman for the budget airline said the plane departed at 4.11pm and a decision was made to turn back about one hour into the flight ​“due to a bomb threat”.