terça-feira, 26 de agosto de 2008

Mid-flight bomb scare forces emergency landing

A Swiss International Air Lines plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday after a bomb threat was made against the flight. The Zurich to Malaga flight was overflying France when the pilot was informed a threat had been made via the Swiss offices.

The Airbus A321 turned around and landed safely at Geneva airport.

A spokesman for the airport said no one was injured during the landing.

The 142 passengers and six crew left the airplane on slides and were taken to a waiting room. The airplane was then moved from the runway for checks by bomb disposal experts but no explosive devices were found.

A replacement flight was scheduled for later in the evening.

The airport runway had to be closed for an hour and a half, with eight flights cancelled or rerouted to Lyon.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/travel/Mid_flight_bomb_scare_forces_emergency_landing.html?siteSect=414&sid=9598915&cKey=1219566767000&ty=nd

Fonte: Flight Safety Information 26/08/2008.

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