Crime

Hoax Caller Triggers Bomb Alert on Vilnius-Moscow Flights

Vnukovo airport

13:48 10/01/2013

VILNIUS, January 10 (RIA Novosti) - Vilnius airport in Lithuania was disrupted on Thursday after a hoax caller warned of a bomb threat to Moscow-bound flights, the Delfi portal reported.

An unidentified man called the police in the morning to say there could be a bomb on board a Vilnius-Moscow flight.

There are a total of four flights to Moscow on Thursday. One arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo airport at 8:15 a.m. Moscow time and another landed at Sheremetyevo airport at 8:33 a.m.

No bombs were found on board either plane, police said.

The two other planes are due to arrive in Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports later in the day.

Meanwhile, Lithuanian police said the man who had phoned in the bomb scare was detained, adding he was heavily intoxicated.

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130110/178688138.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130110/178688138.html"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/images/16503/68/165036874.jpg" width="120" height="83" border="0" alt="Vnukovo airport" style="float:right;padding:0px 15px 5px 0px;" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130110/178688138.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">Hoax Caller Triggers Bomb Alert on Vilnius-Moscow Flights</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 153px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">13:48</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">10/01/2013</span> <span style="font-size:12px;">Vilnius airport in Lithuania was disrupted on Thursday after a hoax caller warned of a bomb threat to Moscow-bound flights, the Delfi portal reported.<a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130110/178688138.html" title="Hoax Caller Triggers Bomb Alert on Vilnius-Moscow Flights">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>

Preview:

Hoax Caller Triggers Bomb Alert on Vilnius-Moscow Flights

13:48 10/01/2013 Vilnius airport in Lithuania was disrupted on Thursday after a hoax caller warned of a bomb threat to Moscow-bound flights, the Delfi portal reported.>>

Other news of the day