ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane en route to Britain from Pakistan made an emergency landing in Istanbul on Wednesday, and a second PIA plane was grounded in Kuala Lumpur after the airline received anonymous bomb threats.
The plane landed at Istanbul's international Ataturk airport after PIA received an anonymous email saying there was a bomb on board the Boeing 777 aircraft flying from Lahore to Manchester in northern England, a spokesman said.
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