Hyderabad, June 16 -- After the Lufthansa flight LH752 flying from Frankfurt to Hyderabad was forced to return to Germany after a bomb threat was received, a committee has been formed to assess the threat as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), officials said on Monday.

According to official sources, the Hyderabad-bound Lufthansa flight took off from Frankfurt on June 15 and was supposed to reach its destination early this morning. However, after an email was received at Hyderabad airport about targeting the flight with a bomb at 6:01 PM on June 15, out of an abundance of caution, the flight was advised to return.

"A bomb threat assessment committee was formed, and all procedures were followed as per SOP. In the interest of safety, t...