New Zealand: Queenstown airport partially evacuated after bomb scare

Queenstown airport resumed normal operations after the search team could not find any bomb on the airport premises.

Those present at the Queenstown airport took to Twitter to share what was happening at the airport. (Source: Bisi Johnson / Twitter)

New Zealand authorities partially evacuated Queenstown airport in Frankton after authorities received a message about a bomb being present in an airplane. According to RT news, a ‘message’ containing details about an explosive device on a plane was found by an airport cleaner.

The note was reportedly found on Qantas QF121 which had flown down from Sydney. Reports from New Zealand Herald suggest that a police spokesperson has confirmed that a bomb scare message had been found on the aircraft. Two flights were cancelled because of the bomb scare as per the Queenstown airport website.

After two hours of search operations, that covered the aircraft, terminal building and baggage, the New Zealand Police issued a statement saying that no bomb was found. They also informed that the airport would resume normal operations. They will, however, continue to investigate the incident.

Meanwhile, those present at the airport took to Twitter to share what was happening at the Queenstown Airport. Here are some of the tweets

Evacuation from New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport after bomb message https://t.co/AOS1mbBhqt pic.twitter.com/TrDwR6TQOI

— Bisi Johnson (@BisiJohnson2) July 24, 2016

Meanwhile in Queenstown….airport evacuated due to bomb threat….this world is messed up #queenstown pic.twitter.com/94ZvBKNcZ8

— Pablo (@pabzm) July 24, 2016

@NZQN
Queenstown airport on lockdown pic.twitter.com/sEyr9gruht

— Richard Crouchley (@RichDid) July 24, 2016

More details of the incident are awaited.

First uploaded on: 24-07-2016 at 12:14 IST

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