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Saudia plane evacuated after bomb hoax
[Arab News] A Jeddah-bound Soddy Arabian Airlines flight was canceled on Tuesday morning and all passengers on board were evacuated at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh after a passenger claimed there was a bomb on the plane.

The passenger, a woman, is thought to have made the claim because she decided at the last minute not to travel to Jeddah. The plane was evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Abdullah Al-Ajhar, head of the public relations department at Soddy Arabian Airlines, confirmed the incident.

He said when the woman was asked to remain in her seat she claimed there was a bomb planted on board.

Passengers were then evacuated and accommodated on a subsequent flight two hours later. There were 298 passengers on board.

Al-Ajhar added that the woman was being questioned about her behavior.
Posted by: Fred 2011-03-17
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