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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Germany evacuates Turkey-bound plane after warning
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGerman police evacuate a plane bound for Turkey at the Kassel airport in the center of the country after an anonymous caller tells authorities that a potentially dangerous piece of luggage is on board.
The caller informs airport officials that there was a suitcase on board “which could pose a danger,” Kassel police say in a statement.
Airport authorities later say that no hazardous items are found in a search of the plane and the luggage. The aircraft, operated by German airline Germania, is eventually able to take off for Antalya on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast with 128 passengers on board, according to German news agency DPA.
— AP
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