UPDATE #LX146 – Swiss Intl tweet to update the public on the situation of this afternoons events.
The tweet by Swiss International Airlines Swiss has tweeted an update to the public on todays events, it is as follows:
The tweet by Swiss International Airlines Swiss has tweeted an update to the public on todays events, it is as follows:
A bomb threat was made on Friday against an aircraft operated by Swiss at Zurich airport, a spokesman for the airport said. Swiss flight LX 146 had been due to depart for New Delhi at 12:45 p.m. (1145 GMT). “The aircraft has been moved to a de-icing pad,” the spokesman said, adding that the aircraft’s…
A bomb threat has been taken place on a Swiss aircraft at Zurich. Swiss flight LX146 was to depart at 12:45pm (1145GMT) Passengers and crew had not yet on the aircraft and were in the terminal. Police have not confirmed that they were investigating a bomb threat, saying only that a police operation was in…
Iraqi Airways will be launching two services to Manchester UK in March. From the 15th March, the airline will begin flying to Sulaymaniyah and on the 18th March to Erbil. Each route will operate once-weekly from Manchester airports T1. Outbound service IA265 will depart Sulaymaniyah each Sunday at 1430 and arrive in Manchester at 2000,…
Georgy Myakinkin, 31, who works at the airport in the city of St Petersburg in north-western Russia said he had finished his shift and was going home when he remembered he had left his keys at work. He said: “I returned back to the airport and was just in the section where trains arrive with…
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