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Germanwings plane from Cologne-Bonn to Milan evacuated after airline receives bomb threat Germanwings plane from Cologne-Bonn to Milan evacuated after airline receives bomb threat
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A Germanwings plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport after a bomb threat against the flight was received, the airline said. A Germanwings plane in Berlin was evacuated today after the airline received a bomb threat.
The threat against flight 826 to Milan's Malpensa airport was received Sunday evening. The tower in Cologne alerted the pilot of the Airbus A320, which was taxiing toward the runway at the time, Germanwings said. The threat was made against flight 826 at Germany’s Cologne-Bonn airport on Sunday evening, just as it was taxiing towards the runway to fly to Milan, Italy, according to the airline.
The pilot took the plane to a position at the airport that is foreseen for such cases, where the passengers and crew left the aircraft. Germanwings, a budget airline owned by Lufthansa, says that the airport tower in Cologne alerted the pilot that the Airbus A320 had received a threat by email 15 minutes before the plane was scheduled to leave.
Federal police said sniffer dogs found no sign of explosives, news agency dpa reported. The threat was emailed to the airport 15 minutes before the plane's scheduled departure, prompting police to set the necessary measures in motion. Instead of taking off, the plane was taken to a safe position where the passengers and crew were evacuated. Federal police were brought in to investigate but sniffer dogs found no evidence of explosives, a German news agency reported. Passengers and crew on a Germanwings flight were ordered to evacuate the plane as it prepared for take off from Cologne due to a bomb alert
Germanwings planned to fly the passengers to Milan on another plane. After the scare, Germanwings planned to fly customers to Milan on an alternative aircraft. Italian media says that 126 passengers were on board, but no further details have been released by the airline.
AP The bomb scare comes just weeks after a Germanwings flight crashed in the French Alps, killing everyone on board.