No explosives found on Russian airliner in New York

Police in New York checked a Russian Aeroflot jet, which arrived from Moscow at the John F. Kennedy International Airport for explosive devices.

New York: No explosives were found on board a flight of Russia's Aeroflot airline, which arrived from Moscow at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) here, a media report said on Monday.

"There was a threat of a foreign object on board, the information is false, everything has been checked, the plane is being prepared for departure, we will start boarding soon," Xinhua news agency quoted the Sputnik news report that cited Aeroflot spokesperson as saying.

According to the report, the departure of the Aeroflot plane back to Moscow, initially scheduled for 5.40 p.m. on Sunday, had been delayed by over five hours.

A spokesperson for the Russian embassy in the US was quoted by an earlier media report that police were searching the Aeroflot plane that landed at around 3.45 p.m. on Sunday at the airport for explosives after reports of a bomb threat.

A representative of Port Authority Police told the media that all passengers have disembarked the plane, said the report.

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