An aircraft of the Dutch charter company “Transavia” en route from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam omitted a scheduled stop-over at Athens Friday after the Transavia agent there received an anonymous telephone warning that the aircraft would be blown up on landing. The agent in turn informed the pilot. A spokesman for the Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed that the identity of the phone caller is unknown.
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