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| Dutch police ground flight after threat |
| 2008-08-27 |
| Airport police evacuated a passenger plane that was grounded for hours Tuesday due to a telephone threat. Three passengers were detained in connection with the incident, a spokesman said. Police spokesman Joost Wezemer said it was not certain whether the threat of a hostage-taking or hijacking aboard the Transavia flight to Bodrum, Turkey, was a hoax. He said two men and a woman were detained for questioning. Their identities and nationalities were not yet known. The plane sat on the tarmac at Rotterdam Airport for more than five hours with more than 110 passengers about before the passengers were taken off. |
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