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Pakistani athletes make delayed arrival

by isleofman.com 8th September 2011

Members of the Pakistani team at the Commonwealth Youth Games have been talking about their involvement in a bomb scare.

The team of eight should have been on the Island yesterday (Wednesday), but had to rearrange their travel plans after it was claimed there was a bomb on their aircraft from Lahore, and it was diverted to Istanbul.

Fatima Lakhani says they weren't made aware it was a bomb scare until after they were off the plane:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Thursday 8th, September 2011 03:10pm.

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