Norwegian Air flight en route to Norway makes emergency landing in Sweden after passenger claims he has hidden a bomb in the cargo hold

Flight from Copenhagen to Oslo forced to land in Gothenburg

Male passenger told staff he had hidden bomb in cargo hold

Plane landed in Sweden at 3.30pm GMT Friday afternoon

A Norwegian Air flight heading to Denmark to Norway has been forced to land in Sweden after a passenger claimed to have placed a bomb on board the plane

The Boeing 737 was on its way to Oslo from Copenhagen on Friday afternoon when it made an emergency landing in Gothenburg, south east Sweden.

It has now been confirmed that all passengers have been allowed to leave, but police have ordered a 1,000 metre (3,300ft) safety distance while they wait for a specialist bomb team to arrive.



Bomb threat: The Norwegian Air Boeing 737 from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Oslo, Norway, was forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden after a passenger claimed he had hidden a bomb on-board (stock image)

The plane had taken off from Kastrup when a man told staff on the plane that he had hidden a bomb in the cargo hold, police told Aftonbladet.



After the threat was made, the Norwegian Air flight made an emergency landing at Landvetter airport in Gothenburg around 3.30pm GMT.

At 4pm GMT, police confirmed that the man who has made the threat is 'secured' and had been removed from the plane in handcuffs.

Air traffic to and from Landvetter airport was temporarily suspended, but is now back to normal since the affected Boeing has been moved, airport management confirms.

