AIR WATCH
13 NOVEMBER: MANCHESTER 19 NOVEMBER: SEOUL 13 NOVEMBER: BUDAPEST
Paul Hoyland, 42, was jailed for eight months for his The parents of a 14-year old boy, Cha, were fined Airport security arrested a passenger who said
behaviour on a Thomas Cook jet from Manchester the equivalent of US$ 13,000 for his issuing a bomb “I always travel with a bomb on me,” when the
to Cuba. Hoyland had drunk two litre bottles of vodka threat to Korean Airlines. archway metal detector at Budapest’s Ferihegy
and then tried to access the first-class compartment airport alarmed.
of the aircraft. It was reported that his 15-year old 24 NOVEMBER: HOHHOT, CHINA
daughter was so upset by his behaviour that she A passenger was arrested when an Air China 20 NOVEMBER: KEMEROVO, RUSSIA
went to sit with the crew to hide from him. flight from Beijing landed in Hohhot. Police Five passengers who tried to check–in for an S7
on board had noticed a passenger watching Air flight to Moscow were denied boarding as their
16 NOVEMBER: NANJING, CHINA other passengers’ luggage having walked tickets were actually for 20 December. One of the
It was reported that an anonymous caller, claiming towards overhead bins away from his seat. passengers, being somewhat upset, said he would
to be a reporter, told Police that there was a bomb On landing, the police officers asked all call the police and say that there was a bomb on
on board a Shenzhen Airlines aircraft preparing passengers to check their own luggage board the flight. A little while later, a bomb threat
to depart Nanjing Lukou Airport for Kunming. A and one passenger indicated that money was telephoned in and the passenger was located
subsequent investigation determined that a tour was missing from his backpack. The police and arrested.
group comprising of 23 passengers was running then arrested the passenger they had been
late for the flight after getting stuck in traffic; the tour observing who, it was later established,
guide was arrested in connection with the threat, and presented false identities to them.
later received 10 days in administrative detention
and a fine of 500 yuan. 25 NOVEMBER: LIVERPOOL
A 16-year old boy was arrested for a laser attack
16 NOVEMBER: KARACHI against an Easyjet flight landing at Liverpool’s John
A man was arrested after a magazine of a small pistol, Lennon Airport.
together with six bullets, was found in his luggage.
25 NOVEMBER: CAIRO
16 NOVEMBER: MANCHESTER It was reported that two Maltese nationals had
Charges against Leanne Connor and Lynette York, been stopped by airport security when they
the two girls alleged to have tried to open the door found 299 boxes of gunshot pellets, contained in 23 NOVEMBER: CAIRO
of an XL Airways flight in 2008 whilst en route from three pieces of luggage within the cargo hold of An Air Algerie flight, en route from Algiers to Cairo,
Kos to Manchester, causing a diversion to Germany, their Alitalia flight. performed an emergency landing in Cairo after a
were dropped. XL Airways had intended to recoup bomb threat was received.
the diversion costs but when the company collapsed THREATS
so did their proceedings. Manchester police intended 24 NOVEMBER: ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS
to prosecute, but there was insufficient evidence. 6 OCTOBER: ATHENS A call was received by the V.I. Police Department
An anonymous caller, who contacted the indicating that there was a bomb at King Airport.
Elephterotypia newspaper and the Alter TV
station, claimed that there was a bomb on board 25 NOVEMBER: MIAMI
an Alitalia flight preparing to depart Athens A 31 year old woman is alleged to have emailed
International Airport. a bomb threat to American Airlines in order to
delay its departure to Honduras. She was traced
15 OCTOBER: BUDAPEST through her IP address and is said to have
A letter was sent to Budapest Airport Zrt issued the threat because her boss was running
containing a list of 15 flights on which bombs late for his flight.
would explode. The sender was apprehended
within hours. 29 NOVEMBER: NEW DELHI
A Hyderabad-bound Indigo flight received a bomb
17 OCTOBER: CARACAS threat perpetrated by a man claiming that there
Iberia flight 6700, that had just departed Caracas were explosives and weapons on the plane; he was
for Madrid, was forced to return to the Venezuelan later arrested.
capital as a result of a bomb threat.
30 NOVEMBER: KUWAIT
24 OCTOBER: DELHI It was reported that a woman, who had called
17 NOVEMBER: VANCOUVER A GoAir flight, preparing to depart Delhi for police threatening to blow up Kuwait International
Shannon Francis Rennie, 34, was arrested when Bangalore, was the subject of a telephone bomb Airport, was arrested; she turned out to be
airport security found a loaded. 38 calibre Ladysmith threat called in by a passenger who was running mentally ill.
in his backpack. late for the flight.
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