Flight canceled after bomb threat

Flight canceled after bomb threat

SINGAPORE: Police were investigating a bomb threat that forced Singapore Airlines to cancel a flight to London on Monday, airline officials said.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ318, due to leave at 9 a.m. (8 a.m. Jakarta time) with 127 passengers, was rescheduled because of the threat, said airline spokesman Rick Clements.

"It was a bomb threat," he said.

The airline said passengers would be transferred to another flight due to leave later on Monday.

Singapore Airlines and its unit Silk Air have already installed bullet-proof reinforced cockpit doors and use sky marshals armed with stun guns on flights deemed high risk.

Singapore stepped up security after the Sept. 11, 2001 hijack attacks on the United States and tightened it again after last October's devastating bomb blasts on the resort island of Bali in neighboring Indonesia.

The last known bomb threat against Singapore Airlines involved a flight bound for Los Angeles in October last year. -- Reuters