Bomb threat disrupts Sydney airport

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SOURCE: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/06/sydney.bombthreat/index.
html

Bomb threat disrupts Sydney airport

September 6, 2002 Posted: 6:13 AM EDT (1013 GMT)

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- International flights at Australia's busiest
airport in Sydney are being disrupted following a bomb threat Friday
afternoon.

Police and airport security ordered the evacuation of 300 to 400 people
from the airport's international terminal at about 4.30 p.m. (0600 GMT).

A police spokesman told CNN that international flights were still
landing, but passengers are not being unloaded for the time being.

The police bomb squad is checking the area, using sniffer dogs.

The spokesman said there was no impact on the domestic terminal, which
is on the other side of the main runway from the international terminal.

Sydney is Australia's main international and domestic hub, and handles
about 24 million passengers a year.

Just after 6 p.m. local time, the Sydney Airport Corporation said a
"detailed assessment" of the international terminal was being conducted,
ahead of any decision to allow passengers and staff to return to the
arrivals and departures area.

--
David Mueller / HNL
davidm@smail.info
http://www.quanterium.com

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