Turkish police at Istanbul's airport on Thursday detained a man who had claimed to carry explosives during a flight, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported.

The man flying on an Onur Air plane from Turkey's southern province of Antalya to the largest city of Istanbul said that he was carrying explosives but the plane landed safely, according to the report.

Turkish police detained the man and found no explosives; a bomb disposal team also searched the plane as a precautionary measure but found nothing, said the report.

An investigation was launched into the incident and Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said the man is thought to be mentally unstable, added the report. Endi

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