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Thai Airways lands safely in L.A. after getting toilet room bomb threat

Los Angeles (US), Sept.8 (ANI): A Thai Airways flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport after a written bomb threat was found on a toilet mirror of the plane.

According to the Daily Express, airport officials were notified at 7.15 p.m. on Tuesday night of the alleged threat to Los Angeles-bound Flight 794.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the plane landed safely after 8 p.m. and was taken to a remote area of the airport, where passengers exited the plane.

Thai Airways president Piyasvasti Amranand said the message - written in English with bad grammar - warned that a bomb was on the plane.

"This must have caused some nuisance to the passengers," he said by phone from Singapore.

He added: "It sounds like it was done by a crazy person."

Eimiller said there were about 200 passengers and crew on board. (ANI)

Tamils to celebrate NY on Thai one

Chennai, Jan 23: The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to declare Tamil month Thai one as the Tamil New Year Day, Governor S S Barnala announced in the State Assembly today. Delivering his address to the House, he said the decision was taken in view of the consensus amongst almost all Tamil scholars that the first of the month of Thai, is the first day of the Tamil year. Hitherto, the people of the state were celebrating April 14 (Tamil month.....
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