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Greece: false bomb alarm

Athens, Greece – Airplane of the Olympic Airlines forced to double back to the departure airport

An airplane of the Greek flag air company, Olympic Airlines, departed from Athens directed to Johannesburg, has been forced to double back to the airport from which it took off, because of a bomb alarm launched by a private television channel informed by an anonymous person, while was flying over Crete Island. The alarm turned out false.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 60526
Rome, Italy, 03/23/2004 16:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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