Bomb threat forces flight to make emergency landing

Police are seen at Tianhe International Airport on March 10 after a plane of Hong Kong Airlines made an emergency landing in Wuhan. [Photo/Weibo]

A plane of Hong Kong Airlines bound for Hong Kong made an emergency landing in Wuhan, Hubei province after a bomb threat on Tuesday.

Flight HX337 had earlier taken off from Beijing at 12: 14 am and was expected to arrive in Hong Kong at 15: 45 pm.

Pictures of police and ambulances at Wuhan airport appeared on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like social networking site.

Hong Kong Airlines is a local full-service airline incorporated and registered in Hong Kong in 2006.