Bomb scare on Scoot flight from Cebu to Singapore turns out to be hoax; all 150 on board land safely

SINGAPORE (ANN): Two F-15SG fighter jets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) were scrambled to escort an inbound Scoot flight from Cebu on Sunday (June 2) following a bomb scare.

Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post at 6.15pm Sunday that the two jets were sent to escort the plane. The bomb scare was later identified as a hoax.

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