SANTIAGO, Chile – A bomb threat prompted Chilean authorities to evacuate passengers and crew from an Iberia airline flight to Madrid, Spain on Sunday. Police later announced that they arrested a Chilean woman in the case.
Authorities said a team from Chile’s civil aviation agency searched the airliner and found no explosives.
According to AP, a police official, Alfred Chiang, said Sunday that investigators arrested a woman who had dropped off a passenger at the terminal. He said police were still trying to determine a motive for the call, which was made minutes before the airliner was to take off.
The civil aviation agency said 312 people were removed from the plane after the police communication center received the threat.
Officials said passengers were taken to a nearby hotel and would be put on a new flight to Madrid on Monday.
KĄ IŠSIIMTI IŠ ŠIO STRAIPSNIO:
- According to AP, a police official, Alfred Chiang, said Sunday that investigators arrested a woman who had dropped off a passenger at the terminal.
- He said police were still trying to determine a motive for the call, which was made minutes before the airliner was to take off.
- Officials said passengers were taken to a nearby hotel and would be put on a new flight to Madrid on Monday.
