Saturday, February 12, 2011

Bomb alert forced to evacuate a plane in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES / BOGOTA, 11 Feb. A bomb hoax forced the evacuation of 190 passengers of an Air Aerolineas Argentinas at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, just before leaving for Bogota, Colombia, reported local media. An anonymous caller had alerted to the alleged placing of an explosive device on the Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR1360 that he had left Buenos Aires at 07.00 hours (11.00 hours in mainland Spain) to reach the El Dorado airport in Bogota.

Airport authorities immediately ordered the evacuation of all passengers and crew. Officials of the Explosives Division of the Aviation Police proceeded to the revision of the entire aircraft, however, has not found any explosives, according to sources have confirmed the airline to the Colombian radio station Caracol Radio.

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