SINGAPORE: A SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 747-400 BOUND FOR LOS ANGELES GROUNDED BY BOMB THREAT

Record ID: 646786

  • Title: SINGAPORE: A SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING 747-400 BOUND FOR LOS ANGELES GROUNDED BY BOMB THREAT
  • Date: 25th October 2002
  • Summary: (W4) SINGAPORE (OCTOBER 24, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. SLV SINGAPORE AIRLINES BOEING747 AT FAR END OF RUNWAY AT CHANGI AIRPORT 0.05 2. SLV EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL AROUND PLANE (5 SHOTS) 0.42 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th November 2002 12:00
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  • Location: SINGAPORE
  • Country: Singapore
  • Reuters ID: LVAASV89HAZIWQGJC99HYHL271Y6
  • Story Text: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 bound for Los
    Angeles has been grounded by a bomb threat, police said.

    The bomb threat on Thursday (October 24) was the third
    known threat reported in the past two weeks in Singapore,
    where nerves are on edge after the October 12 Bali bomb blasts
    and several explosions in the Philippines.

    The plane, which has a maximum passenger capacity of
    close to 400, had been due to take off for Tokyo en route to
    Los Angeles. The flight was immediately grounded and the
    passengers were ushered to the terminal building, an airlines
    spokesman said
    The jet was moved to a remote part of the airport apron
    and surrounded by fire trucks and armed police who were
    checking the aircraft.

    Singapore Airlines said the passengers would be
    transferred to another aircraft which would leave later in the
    day.

    Changi Airport, one of Asia's busiest, was the alleged
    target of surveillance by local men linked to the Jemaah
    Islamiah militant network who are now under detention.

    Jemaah Islamiah has been linked by the United States and
    others to al Qaeda, the United States' prime suspect in the
    September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

    The U.S. dollar moved in Tokyo trading on talk of the bomb
    threat while SIA shares were down 1.77 percent, or 20 cents at
    S$11.10 in afternoon trade.

    The island state, which hosts a U.S. naval logistics base
    and numerous U.S. companies, has arrested 12 Singaporeans and
    one Malaysian since December for plotting to blow up the U.S.

    embassy and other sites.


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