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Air traffic resumes at Germany's Hamburg airport after attack threat

The German air force said it escorted the plane after it entered the airspace east of Berlin due to a bomb threat

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By Reuters

Published: Mon 9 Oct 2023, 3:40 PM

Last updated: Mon 9 Oct 2023, 4:44 PM

Air traffic has resumed at Germany's Hamburg airport, a spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, after a police operation in response to a threat against a plane from Tehran prompted all landings and take-offs to be halted.

A federal police spokesperson earlier said officers, acting on a threat of an attack sent via email, searched a plane with 198 passengers from Tehran that had landed in the northern German city.

The German air force said on its X social media account that it escorted the plane after it entered German airspace east of Berlin due to a bomb threat.

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Police interviewed passengers, which is normal procedure when a threat is classified as serious, the police spokesperson told Reuters.

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No takeoffs or landings were possible because the airport fire brigade was involved with the search, the spokesperson added.

The news came on the first day of a special meeting of the German and French governments in Hamburg, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron both attending.

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Reuters

Published: Mon 9 Oct 2023, 3:40 PM

Last updated: Mon 9 Oct 2023, 4:44 PM

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