BERGEN : The terminal building at Bergen Airport Flesland was evacuated because of a bomb threat against a Widerøe aircraft Tuesday night, writes bt.no.
The time 21.15 notify police airport can be opened again.
– Police have determined that there are no grounds to be afraid of anything, says Bjarte Rebnord, operations manager at the Hordaland police.
He said that the incident is investigated and that airport and air traffic now goes back to normal operation.
The staff at the airport conceded again at 21.21.
On chat page
Widerøe confirms that it is a bomb threat against one of their aircraft that has triggered the evacuation.
– A concrete threat was made on our chat page on our site. It was submitted to one of our customer service representatives, says CIO Konsteien Widerøe to BT.
Kongsteien says that the plane was at the gate and board none for current aircraft had just begun. The aircraft was quickly evacuated.
Sto by street
– I do not have the specific formulation. But after what I’ve understood, it was a threat to a specific aircraft, says Kongsteien.
This message came around at 19.45.
The plane was at the gate when the threat came. NRK reported at first that it was a Widerøe aircraft as it was put forward threat.
– Our people reacted quite by the book and quickly, says Kongsteien. There were 34 passengers on board.
Flyplassjef Aslak Sverdrup confirms that there is a security situation, but refers to the police about the situation.
– The situation meant we had to evacuate the terminal, said Sverdrup.
Neither fly out on the runway can get into, and new aircraft are denied to land.
– Bomb Threat
Several passengers were quickly told that reason was a bomb threat against an aircraft.
– They have informed us that it is a paltry bombed an aircraft. It was an air raid set at SAS said it. Now people are moved to the hotel. They have said it could take a long time, said Svein Arild Vatsø earlier tonight.
He would take 20.35 plane to Kristiansand. Now acknowledged he did not he come southward tonight.
Thorvald Haarberg is one of the passengers on a flight from Trondheim. They have stood out on taxebanen and will not enter the terminal building.
Standing on taxebanen
– We have been here in about five minutes. The captain says that all operations are closed, and that we must await developments, said Haarberg little past 20.
His plane was probably the last to land before the evacuation and dam. A British Airways flight from London has circled over Oeygarden and were heading south.
Also Haarberg received since stated that there is a bomb threat to another flight.
The evacuees were taken to the airport hotel adjacent to the terminal building.
The clock 21 is still long line along the entire terminal building towards the hotel 100 meters away. One of them waiting, passenger August Kjærland.
– Everything was calm. We went in a row. Now we’re just waiting what will happen, says Kjærland.
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