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Aircraft. Cairo: bomb alarm at the airport; the runway evacuated

Cairo, Egypt - Due to a suspected object found in the bathroom of an airplane coming from Libya

The captain of a passengers airplane, yesterday around at 11am, coming from Libya has informed via radio the control tower of the Cairo's airport to have a suspected object on board. Began the emergency plan, the runway has been evacuated and the plane has regularly landed. The security men once on board have found an object retained dangerous in one of the bathrooms, probably able to explode the...

fra/pec - 1137195
Rome, Italy, 01/26/2012 11:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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