A Germany-bound flight was diverted to JFK Airport Monday night after the airline received a bomb threat, officials said.

The plane was heading from Houston, Texas to Frankfurt when someone called in a threat targeting Lufthansa Flight 441, according to Port Authority Police.

“The captain [came over the PA and] said there was a bomb threat targeting the plane and we had to be diverted,” said passenger Deborah Amkaya, 22, from Houston. “He told us to be calm.”

“At first I was like, ‘ok this isn’t real,’ listening to music to distract [myself], but later I had tears streaming down my face, like, ‘shoot, this could be the real thing,”‘ Amkaya said. “At that point I was thinking about saying goodbye.”

The pilot chose to divert to JFK and the flight landed safely at around 8:45 p.m. About 530 passengers were evacuated from the aircraft.

Another passenger named Jeff, who is 62 and from West Texas, said it took about three hours from the time the plane landed until the passengers disembarked and loaded onto buses — but everyone remained calm.

“They handled it well, and I was happy the authorities were helping people,” Jeff said.

“The real hardship about this was that their were ladies with babies,” he added. “The babies were crying. It was the saddest thing.”

“LH441 was diverted as a matter of precaution in coordination with the relevant authorities and the pilot,” the airline tweeted in response to reporters’ questions. “Passengers disembarked and LH staff will take care of them. The aircraft will be searched.”