Bomb scare at Sydney airport

[Human]

Anyone know what's happening with NZ247?

 

[Archipelago]

Being held on the ground, ABC news shows it at a holding area. Very little other info

 

[CaptainCurtis]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1g73575/whats_happening_at_sydney_airport

 

[I love to travel]

There was a spate of them last week around the world involving flights from India.

 

[Archipelago]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1g73575/whats_happening_at_sydney_airport

Nice running update there from some of the pax onboard!

 

[Mwenenzi]

RNZ Air New Zealand bomb scare: Passenger recounts ordeal on board

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A "really good group of people" on the plane managed to retain a good sense of humour and pragmatism, she said. "The cabin crew were excellent, just sort of keeping us updated as they could. The pilot was really good."

After they eventually disembarked they were made to line up against a wall with their bags in the middle of a room as a sniffer dog checked them all. Each passenger was then taken aside by a police officer and individually asked personal questioned. They waited another hour for their luggage to arrive on the carousel, "so that must have also been going through some sort of screening, I should imagine".
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"Hopefully it was just a ruse and it was just somebody playing the silly goat and causing such a huge amount of disruption." Nel did not think she would sleep much the night following the scare. "I feel a little bit wound up ... just the adrenaline still going."

Yesterday, Air NZ said it was aware of "a security incident" on board the flight, the airline's chief operational integrity and safety officer Captain David Morgan said in a statement. "Standard security protocols were followed. Emergency services assessed the aircraft after it landed and passengers were able to disembark.

"Due to this incident NZ248, the return flight to Wellington was cancelled.
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