During the search of the aircraft in Shannon nothing suspicious was detected, The Irish Times newspaper reported, citing a spokesman of the airline.
The newspaper added that all the passengers and crew members had been disembarked and investigation into the incident was underway.
It is not the first time a hoax bomb threat forced Turkish planes to make an emergency landing. The most recent incident took place in November 2015, when a Turkish Airlines flight from New York City to Istanbul safely diverted to Halifax, Canada.
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