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Man arrested after bomb threat plane lands in Sweden
Topic Started: Sep 25 2010, 10:54 AM (20 Views)
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Man arrested after bomb threat plane lands in Sweden

After police boarded the plane, the man was arrested and passengers were taken to the terminal
A man has been arrested after a Pakistan-bound plane landed in Sweden because of a bomb threat.

He was detained as passengers were taken off the Pakistan International Airlines plane at Arlanda airport in Stockholm.

An airport spokesman said the Boeing 777 plane had been carrying 273 people from Toronto in Canada to Karachi.

Canadian authorities were tipped off by a woman in Canada that a passenger was carrying explosives.

A police spokesman said that no explosives had been found on the man.

He added that the plane and the passsenger's baggage were being searched.

The pilot was said to have requested permission to land at Arlanda, where he parked the plane at the end of the landing strip away from the terminals.

The Swedish authorities said that they had taken the threat seriously and had explosives experts on hand.

Reports from Pakistan identified the plane involved as Pakistan International Airlines flight PK782 travelling from Calgary via Toronto.

Two-hundred-and-forty-three passengers were said to be on the flight.

PIA spokesman Syed Sultan Hassan told the Reuters news agency that all passengers and crew members were well.

"Our central control is in touch with the plane and Stockholm but as far as security checks are concerned they're saying they are not going to tell us until they complete the process," he said.

Police said that everyone on the plane had passed through security in Canada.
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