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Rome-Fiumicino, anonymous call announced the presence of a bomb on an aircraft

Rome, Italy - But it was only a hoax

An anonymous phone call advising yesterday that on an Alitalia Boeing 767 due to take off for Accra (Ghana) there would have been a bomb, provoked panic at the airport for a couple of hours. After disembarking all passengers and performing deep checks, the call turned out to be a hoax. Polaria agents and dog teams quickly reached the airplane on issue and performed checks on the 260 passengers,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1113328
Rome, Italy, 01/08/2010 11:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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