A passenger plane operated by budget carrier Jetstar made an emergency landing at Chubu Airport shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday (2230GMT Friday).The runway at the airport was closed after the flight from Narita airport near Tokyo, bound for Fukuoka in southern Japan, landed at 7:41 a.m. (2241 GMT on Friday), but resumed operations at 12:15 p.m. after safety was confirmed, the spokesman said.
It was heading from Narita Airport near Tokyo to Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.
According to the broadcaster, the Narita Airport received a call from a man from Germany at around 6:20 a.m., saying in English that he had planted a 100-kilogram plastic bomb in the cargo room of the Jetstar plane.
Authorities temporarily closed the runway that delayed or canceled some flights. However, police said they could not find any suspicious objects in the plane, the report said.
The plane had 136 passengers and six crew members onboard. According to Kyodo News Agency, at least five passengers sustained minor injuries while evacuating from the plane but no one was hospitalized.
