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Note Claiming Bomb on Turkish AJet Flight Prompts Safe Evacuation of 143

A note claiming there was a bomb on board was found on an AJet flight from Ankara to Şanlıurfa, Turkey, on the evening of October 5. Şanlıurfa Governor Hasan Şıldak said flight 4180 took off from Ankara at 19:00 and landed at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport at 20:05 with 136 passengers and 7 crew. All 143 people were safely evacuated, and no health issues were reported.

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Aviation security incidents of this kind rarely stay contained to the flight itself; they feed directly into airport screening protocols, crew procedures and passenger confidence at a moment when Turkish carriers are expanding regional networks. The swift, uneventful evacuation is the operationally reassuring part. The open question is whether the note proves to be a hoax or something more, and how authorities communicate that distinction — because the reputational cost lands on the airline and the airport regardless of the outcome.

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