Hamburg airport closed after ‘threat on flight’ from Iran | World News
Flights have been grounded at a German airport after a threat of an attack arrived via email.
Hamburg Airport has been locked down and authorities have searched a plane with 198 passengers from Tehran, Iran.
The airport fire brigade is also on scene.
A police spokesperson described the measures, which included interviewing passengers on the plane, as ‘normal procedure’ when a threat is classified as being serious.
The aircraft and luggage on board was also searched.
The threat of an attack was made via email against the plane flying from Iran’s capital. It landed in Hamburg at around 12.20pm.
No planes are arriving or departing from the airport, and a spokesman warned flights could be delayed. There is currently no indication of when normal service could resume.
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