MS2688, which returned to Dammam Airport after taking off due to a bomb threat alert, landed safely. The security detection by the Saudi authorities of the plane showed that the bomb threat was false, added the source. The source stated that after the departure of the company’s flight number MS2688 from Dammam to Cairo, the flight pilot returned to Dammam as an emergency precaution. A similar incident occurred at the end of October when a false bomb threat was reported on an EgyptAir plane heading from Cairo to the Russian capital, Moscow. Security forces searched the plane with trained sniffer dogs, and came back a negative outcome of an actual bomb.

Source: Egypt Independent November 12, 2021 11:25 UTC