Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat at Cologne Bonn airport

The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop

All 111 passengers were evacuated from the Istanbul-bound flight (AXEL SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany after a bomb threat.

The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop.

"From the telephone call, it was clear the caller was targeting a Turkish Airlines flight," a police spokesman told Deutsche Welle.

All 111 passengers were evacuated from the Istanbul-bound flight and officers with sniffer dogs searched the plane.

No explosives were found.

Police later gave the all-clear and the flight was allowed to take off.