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| New Zealand airport evacuated after ‘bomb message’ found on plane | New Zealand airport evacuated after ‘bomb message’ found on plane |
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| A bomb scare has forced the partial evacuation of the airport in Frankton, New Zealand, after a cleaner found a “message” about an explosive device on board a plane that just landed in Queenstown Airport. | A bomb scare has forced the partial evacuation of the airport in Frankton, New Zealand, after a cleaner found a “message” about an explosive device on board a plane that just landed in Queenstown Airport. |
| A police spokeswoman confirmed that “some sort of message about a bomb” was discovered on a plane that is now sitting on the tarmac, the New Zealand Herald reports. | A police spokeswoman confirmed that “some sort of message about a bomb” was discovered on a plane that is now sitting on the tarmac, the New Zealand Herald reports. |
| The note was found at about 3 p.m. local time on board a Qantas QF121 that had come in from Sydney, Stuff NZ reports. The police said that all the passengers had left the plane when the suspicious note was discovered. | The note was found at about 3 p.m. local time on board a Qantas QF121 that had come in from Sydney, Stuff NZ reports. The police said that all the passengers had left the plane when the suspicious note was discovered. |
| “I don't know how big an area they will seal off,” a police spokeswoman told the Herald. Photos shared on Twitter show people standing outside of the terminal. | |
| Aviation security and police found no evidence of explosives after searching the plane, the police said in a statement. Authorities are continuing to search through baggage and the terminal building, and are also questioning passengers. | |
| "Everyone seems to be pretty relaxed, to be honest,” Fraser Mackenzie, who was at the airport to pick up a child, told Stuff NZ. "There's been no announcement made to us," he said. | |
| To his knowledge, those passengers that have not had time to clear customs were evacuated to the runway. Mackenzie said that planes were still landing and taking off. He added that three or four fire engines are at the scene. | |
| Queenstown is known for its fictional hobbits, as much of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was filmed in the area. Besides movie enthusiasts, tourists flock to Queenstown for the kayaking, bungee jumping, jetboating, white-water rafting, hiking and skiing. | |
| It has a local population of only 13,150 but in 2013 recorded more than 1.8 million international guest nights, according to Statistics New Zealand. | |
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