'Flight EK209 from Athens to Newark on 10 November also made an unscheduled return to Athens, due rafina to Thessaloniki airport taxi cost security checks requested by the authorities,' they added, private day tours in Thessaloniki greece saying passengers had been rebooked to travel on Friday and private day tours in Vergina greece been provided with overnight accommodation.

Earlier on Thursday, another Emirates flight to Dubai was not allowed to take off from Eleftherios Venizelos and all passengers were thoroughly checked also for security concerns but nothing suspicious was found, taxi prices Pelion police sources added.

The passengers were taken off the Dubai-bound plane, taxi from athens port to acropolis EK 210, after it taxied along the runway - only for the captain to inform them there was a technical problem, taxi from Vergina port to acropolis and explain they were returning to the gate, said.



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The plane circled Sardinia several times - some reports suggested that Italian and French authorities refused to let the plane land - and then returned to Athens, flying a circuitous route and avoiding passing over Sicily or western Greece.