EASTERN CAPE. – All 184 passengers on board a flight that landed at King Phalo International Airport following a bomb threat have been safely evacuated from the aircraft.
Brig. Nobuntu Gantana, police spokesperson, recently confirmed (Wednesday) that the aircraft is being held in a secured location in accordance with standard security protocols while security authorities investigate the situation. Police received a call from an unknown person using a private number who claimed there was a bomb on board the aircraft. A multidisciplinary team has been dispatched to the scene and includes the bomb disposal unit, a dog unit with explosive detection dogs, hostage negotiators, disaster management, airport security and emergency services.
The origin of the threat is being investigated. Police have emphasised that no further information is available at this stage and have asked the public not to speculate.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
