A man was arrested in Wuhan on Sunday morning on suspicion of making a bomb threat that forced a passenger airliner to make an emergency landing.

The 29-year-old suspect, Xiong Yi, was taken into custody at a hotel in Dongguan, Guangdong, on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

According to Shenzhen Airlines, a man called Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport at 10:29 pm on Thursday and said that Flight ZH9706 - from Xiangyang, Hubei province to Shenzhen, Guangdong province - had explosives on board that would detonate 45 minutes after its departure.