An alert has been declared at an airport in Belgium due to a possible bomb threat on a plane: flights have been suspended.
Kyiv • UNN
An explosion threat was announced at the Belgian airport of Charleroi. A suspected bomb was found on board a Ryanair plane arriving from Porto, flights have been suspended.
A bomb threat was announced at Charleroi Airport in Belgium on Tuesday morning. It is noted that there was a bomb on a plane flying from the city of Porto (Portugal). Takeoffs and landings at this airport have been suspended, writes UNN referring to The Brussels Times.
Details
It is reported that shortly before 11 a.m., a bomb threat was received on board a Ryanair plane from Porto (Portugal), which had recently arrived at Charleroi Airport. Currently, no flights are operating or arriving from the airport.
The plane has been moved to a separate area of the airport. The runway and the main road behind it are closed, and a security perimeter with a radius of 500 meters has been established
The terminal is not currently being evacuated as it is not within the 500-meter perimeter.
Police are at the scene, and 166 passengers will be evacuated from the plane after its approval. It is currently unclear how long these obstacles will last
Currently, the police are conducting security checks and will determine when air traffic can resume.
Lunchtime is an off-peak time for flights, so not too many passengers should be affected
Addendum
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