Asia-Pacific News
Jul 28, 2009, 11:02 GMT
Manila - A passenger flight to Singapore from the central Philippines was delayed on Tuesday after Filipino aviation officials received information about an alleged bomb on the plane.
The SilkAir flight was allowed to leave more than two hours later than scheduled when no bomb was found on the plane.
The Airbus 320 plane was already taxiing on the runway of Mactan International Airport (MIA) in Cebu City, 585 kilometres south of Manila, when it was ordered to return to the terminal.
MIA Manager Dan Francia said an airport official received a text message on his mobile phone that read, 'Let us pray for our brothers who will die in midair aboard the SilkAir plane bound for Singapore.'
'The message sounded so real and we had to immediately alert the police aviation security group,' he said.
Bomb experts and sniffer dogs were dispatched to the plane and conducted a search for more than two hours.
The plane was then allowed to leave for Singapore.
Jul 28, 2009, 11:02 GMT
Manila - A passenger flight to Singapore from the central Philippines was delayed on Tuesday after Filipino aviation officials received information about an alleged bomb on the plane.
The SilkAir flight was allowed to leave more than two hours later than scheduled when no bomb was found on the plane.
The Airbus 320 plane was already taxiing on the runway of Mactan International Airport (MIA) in Cebu City, 585 kilometres south of Manila, when it was ordered to return to the terminal.
MIA Manager Dan Francia said an airport official received a text message on his mobile phone that read, 'Let us pray for our brothers who will die in midair aboard the SilkAir plane bound for Singapore.'
'The message sounded so real and we had to immediately alert the police aviation security group,' he said.
Bomb experts and sniffer dogs were dispatched to the plane and conducted a search for more than two hours.
The plane was then allowed to leave for Singapore.
