The Urumqi airport is back to normal after an inbound flight from Kabul, Afghanistan alledgely received a bomb threat on Sunday.

The Boeing-767 plane was carrying more than 200 passengers, including five Chinese. It was later diverted to Kandahar in southern Afganistan.

Chinese aviation authorities ordered the plane not to land at Urumqi airport, as emergency response measures were quickly launched

Armed police, the fire brigade and emergency vehicles were brought in. Police set up security checkpoints on roads to check for suspicious activity.

The airport has since returned to normal operations, with all flights resumed.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi.

(Xinhua News Agency August 11, 2009)