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WAS IT A HOAX?
Every threat is taken seriously. They can’t take any risk.
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To answer your questions, I’m on TigerAir flight 539. Announcement of POSSIBLE bomb threat at Melbourne airport made by flight crew
— Scott Marquardt (@MarquardtScott) January 9, 2015
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Security threat over at Melbourne airport
January 10, 2015
A security alert is over at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport after a threat was directed at Tigerair Australia, forcing the evacuation of passengers from a terminal and the cancellation of flights.
The incident means there will be flight delays throughout the day.
The threat was received around 9pm on Friday resulting in the evacuation of Tigerair’s terminal 4 and flight cancellations.
Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp said all necessary steps were taken by the airline to implement precautionary measures and ensure passenger safety.
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Courier Mail
Bomb scare at Melbourne Airport
- Herald Sun
- January 10, 2015
Federal police officers outside the terminal last night. Picture: Ian Currie
DISRUPTIONS on TigerAir flights will continue today after a bomb scare led parts of Melbourne Airport — including a Tiger plane — to be evacuated last night.
The airport was declared safe just after 5am — eight hours after the security scare started about 9pm and after a police search shut down the airline’s Terminal 4 for six hours.
At least one planeload of passengers on board a Tiger flight were last night moved from the plane on to buses.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Belle Nolan said the search did not turn up anything hazardous and concluded just after 5am.
Ms Nolan said officers took over the incident from the Australian Federal Police just after 11pm.
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She said TigerAir flights would continue to be delayed today, and urged passengers to check the airline’s website and Twitter feed.
Passengers were reportedly evacuated from a Tiger plane at Melbourne Airport because of a bomb scare. Picture: Ian Currie
Other airport operations had not been affected, Ms Gillett said.
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SBS News Security threat at Melbourne airport targeted Tigerair – http://bit.ly/1BWeUsq
Source:
A security alert is over at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport after a threat was directed at Tigerair Australia, forcing the evacuation of passengers from a terminal and the cancellation of flights.
The incident means there will be flight delays throughout the day.
The threat was received around 9pm on Friday resulting in the evacuation of Tigerair’s terminal 4 and flight cancellations.
Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp said all necessary steps were taken by the airline to implement precautionary measures and ensure passenger safety.
He thanked Australian Federal Police and Victorian police who were sent in to search the terminal following the threat.
“Tigerair also apologises to affected passengers for the inconvenience and is doing everything possible to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible,” Mr Sharp said.
Victoria Police are investigating.
Police would not confirm the nature of the security threat but some on Twitter claiming to be passengers mentioned a possible bomb threat.
Security threat at Melbourne Airport leaves passengers stuck onboard plane
Tigerair flights evacuated and several others cancelled after security threat at Melbourne Airport. http://ow.ly/H5FeL
- January 10, 2015 – 8:29AM
Tigerair flights were evacuated and several others cancelled after a security threat at Melbourne Airport on Friday night.
Parts of Terminal Four were also evacuated about 9pm on Friday and the airline’s operations were shut down until Victoria Police declared the area safe at 5.15am on Saturday, Melbourne Airport spokeswoman Anna Gillett said.
A Tigerair spokesman said the security scare was sparked by information the airline received on Friday, which was then passed on to police.
It is understood the threat related to a plane that was on the runway and the surrounding area.
“The threat did not pertain to the terminal area,” the spokesman said.
Three inbound planes were evacuated on the runway and passengers were transferred onto busses which took them to the terminal.
Three outbound flights were cancelled, the airline’s spokesman said.
Police are continuing to investigate the security scare.
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