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| Rome airport closed in bomb scare | Rome airport closed in bomb scare |
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| Rome's second airport, Ciampino, has been closed because of a bomb scare, airport authorities say. | Rome's second airport, Ciampino, has been closed because of a bomb scare, airport authorities say. |
| Flights were diverted from the airport after an anonymous caller said there was a bomb on board a cargo plane, officials and local media said. | Flights were diverted from the airport after an anonymous caller said there was a bomb on board a cargo plane, officials and local media said. |
| The airport mainly handles charter and low-cost airline flights. | |
| Air traffic was sent instead to the city's larger Fiumicino airport, also named Leonardo Da Vinci airport, officials said. | |
| Explosives experts were searching the airport, news reports said. | |
| The closure took place shortly before 0900 local time (0800 GMT). |