Flight evacuated at Rygge – Dagbladet.no

• LAST: East police report at 22.55 that no bomb was found on the plane.

– The aircraft is cleared by bomb group, writes the district on Twitter.

The passengers will be flown to Manchester with a replacement airplane from Ryanair to facilitate at midnight.

RYGGE / OSLO (Dagbladet): a Ryanair plane bound for Manchester have been evacuated at Rygge airport, police officials in Oslo on Twitter.

the reason is that the police calls suspicious behavior of two people.

– the police have control of two persons. Passengers and baggage are also checked, enter the police district.

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scene commander Anders Strømsæther briefs the press at the main entrance at Rygge at 21:30.

– There was an argument between two foreign nationals on a toilet. Witnesses perceived this as suspicious, given that the word “bomb” was mentioned, saying Strømsæther on pressebrifingen.

The captain was informed of the dispute, and decided to evacuate the aircraft. Meanwhile, the police notified.

– They took control of the two persons and witnesses, and working on getting intelligence from these, says Strømsæther.

British and Spanish passports

Øystein Stavdal Paulsen, Communications in Eastern police District, told Dagbladet that there is a congolese with British passport and Srilanka with Spanish passport is submitted to questioning.

– the starting point is that the word “bomb” was mentioned in an airport, says Paulsen, who say there are no further circumstances that led the men were brought in.

Police bomb squad is sent from the city to conduct investigations of aircraft and luggage. They arrived in 22.30 o’clock.

– Bomb group is sent to Eastern Police District following a request for assistance, said Christian Krohn Engeseth, operations manager of the Oslo police, told Dagbladet.

“Technical problems”

Change Haukland (33) is among the passengers on the Manchester flight. He says that passengers taking the situation calmly.

– We sat on the plane for half an hour. Then we were told that there were technical problems. So we had through passport control security check again, he says to Dagbladet.

– As there was mass police. They said that the police were going to go around and check us because of suspicious people, says 33-year-old.

The plane was scheduled to light at 18.55. Police stressed that the situation only applies Manchester-plane; other traffic operate as normal.

– This plane will not leave Manchester tonight. Passengers will be offered a new aircraft later, said scene commander Strømsæther told reporters at the site.

Game canceled

This afternoon Premier League match between Manchester United and Born Portsmouth at Old Trafford canceled after the discovery of an Bomb-like article. The object was blown up by the police, but did not prove to be a real bomb.

– Is there any connection between that you take the two men for questioning, and the phony bomb at Old Trafford?

– No, where there is no connection, says communication Paulsen.

Dagbladet following the case.

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