Greek Flight Lands After Bomb Threat
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BERLIN (AP) – A flight en route from Greece to France made an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on Monday after a bomb threat was reported, a German air traffic control spokeswoman said.
The plane – en route from Athens, Greece, to Strasbourg, France, landed at 10:45 a.m. at a special area of the airport set aside for emergencies after the threat was reported, spokeswoman Anja Tomic said. She had no further immediate details.
Greek state television reported that a bomb threat was made by telephone to Greek police.
“We have informed our consular authorities in Munich, which … sent staff to the airport and are cooperating with German authorities,” Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos told state-run NET television.
“I hope it was a hoax, but we are looking into the issue and we hope to have it cleared up soon,” he said.
Giorgos Kassimatis, a passenger on the plane, told NET that “we have landed and everything is fine. There was a bomb threat so that’s why we landed in Munich.”
