An EgyptAir passenger plane, en route from Cairo to Beijing, was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after receiving what two Egyptian aviation sources said was a false bomb threat.

All 118 passengers and 17 crew members on board the Airbus A-330-220 plane were safely evacuated, Uzbek state carrier, Uzbekistan Airways said in a statement.

There was no statement from EgyptAir or official confirmation that the threat was a hoax, Reuters reported.

The plane landed in Urgench, in western Uzbekistan, after EgyptAir received a call saying there was a bomb on board, two Egyptian aviation sources said. The plane was then searched, but no explosives were found, they said.

“The plane is preparing to resume its journey. It was a hoax, thank God,” said one of the officials.