The captain of an airplane at the center of a massive police operation at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport activated a hijacking alert as passengers boarded, Dutch media reports. Military police have evacuated all the passengers.
Dutch gendarmerie announced they were responding to a “suspicious situation” on board a parked aircraft on Wednesday evening. According to NOS news, the plane’s captain had signalled by code that a hijacking attempt was underway, as passengers boarded.
#Schiphol video of possible #hijacked #plane at #KLM cargo platform pic.twitter.com/okB0VJGBMa
— From Of Fields (@FromofFields) November 6, 2019
Military police have said that all passengers have been evacuated.
Passengers and crew are safely off the plane. An investigation is ongoing.
Minutes after the evacuation, Air Europa announced that the hijacking alert was “triggered by mistake.” Apologizing for the false alarm, the airline stated that “nothing has happened” and added that the flight will depart as planned “soon.”
#AirEuropaInfo Falsa Alarma. En el vuelo Ámsterdam – Madrid, esta tarde se activó, por error, un aviso que pone en marcha protocolos sobre secuestros en el aeropuerto. No ha pasado nada, todos los pasajeros se encuentran perfectamente esperando poder volar pronto. Lo lamentamos.
— Air Europa (@AirEuropa) November 6, 2019
Heavily armed officers with the Special Interventions Service have earlier descended on the grounded airplane, and trauma helicopters and ambulances have arrived at the airport.
Waiting to get out….. no update at all! May take a while #Schiphol pic.twitter.com/Uub0ZXrk9V
— Dr.Bahar Ramezanpour (@BRamezanpour) November 6, 2019
The aircraft is said to be an Air Europa Airbus A330, scheduled to fly to Madrid.
This is the flight which it's all about I imagine. #Schiphol pic.twitter.com/HYiEJxXA6l
— Taheer (@Tahierlorhad) November 6, 2019
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Source: RT