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A passenger plane flying from Moscow to Turkey made an emergency landing at Odesa airport in southern Ukraine on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found in one of its lavatories, a local police official said in a post on Facebook, according to Reuters.
"The discovery forced the crew to take the decision to carry out an emergency landing at the nearest airport, which turned out to be Odesa international," said Ruslan Forostyak, advisor to the head of Odesa regional police, Reuters said.
The press service of Odesa could not immediately be reached for comment.
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He did not name the plane's operator but said it was Turkish. A Turkish Airlines official said it was not one of the company's planes.