SWEDEN / FILE: Pakistani plane diverted to Sweden after bomb threat

Record ID: 356591

  • Title: SWEDEN / FILE: Pakistani plane diverted to Sweden after bomb threat
  • Date: 26th September 2010
  • Summary: ARLANDA AIRPORT, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (VARIOUS FILE) (REUTERS) CONTROL TOWER AT ARLANDA AIRPORT EXTERIOR OF TERMINAL 4 BUILDING EXTERIOR OF TERMINAL 2 BUILDING PASSENGERS STANDING BY DEPARTURE BOARD PASSENGERS READING DEPARTURE BOARD PASSENGERS IN AIRPORT CORRIDOR PASSENGERS SITTING IN AIRPORT TALKING PASSENGERS IN MAIN AIRPORT CONCOURSE PARKED PLANES WITH TAILS FIN
  • Embargoed: 11th October 2010 13:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVADBV1KTY6F7NZPL1I0EEJU85ML
  • Story Text: A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 with around 250 passengers flying from Canada to Pakistan was diverted to Sweden on Saturday (September 25) due to a bomb threat on board.
    Stockholm district police spokesman Janne Hedlund said a woman had called Canadian police after the plane had taken off from Canada, saying a man on board had explosives with him.
    Canadian police informed the pilot and, as the plane was in Swedish airspace, it was diverted to Arlanda airport, the main airport for the Swedish capital.
    When the plane first landed, the passengers stayed on board, but police later decided to evacuate them.
    At the airport, the plane was standing with its engines idling at the end of a runway, about 2 km (1 miles) from the airport terminal building.
    Several police cars were parked near the plane and a larger group of police vehicles plus fire engines were parked further away.
    An airport spokesman said the plane was flying from Toronto and he thought the destination was Karachi. Stockholm airport was otherwise operating normally, he said.
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