An aircraft operated by Scoot Tigerair Pte, a unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd, stands at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore, on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO /BLOOMBERG)

SINGAPORE - A Scoot flight scheduled bounding to Perth, Australia, returned to Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday due to a bomb threat after takeoff, local media reported.

A spokesperson for the airline told local media that the plane departed at 4:11 pm and turned back about one hour into the flight due to a bomb threat.

The aircraft landed in Singapore at 6:27 pm, and security checks were carried out, the spokesperson added.

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Singaporean Air Force sent fighter jets to escort the Scoot flight back to Changi.