Egyptians officials say a bomb threat has forced an EgyptAir plane enroute to Beijing from Cairo to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan.
The passengers have been evacuated and aircraft is being searched now.
The plane, an Airbus A-330-220 with 135 passengers and crew on board, landed in Uzbekistan three hours after it took off from Cairo at around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The plane landed at the airport in the town of Urgench, about 840 kilometrse west of the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
The officials said an anonymous caller called security agents at the Cairo airport to say that a bomb was on the flight. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.