Flight Kharkiv-Istanbul delayed for 5 hrs due to bomb threat

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The aircraft finally took off at 08:30 Kyiv time, according to the report.

At 03:30 on May 24,  the airport administration was tipped in an anonymous call about the explosives allegedly planted in one of the planes. All 128 passengers of Kharkiv-Istanbul flight which was boarding were evacuated.

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Police are establishing the identity of the anonymous caller.