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Aircraft and transport. Bomb alarm: Saint Petersburg Airport evacuated and eventually reopened

Saint Petersburg, Russia - Flight operations suspended for more than two hours in the Russian Federation's third busiest airport

The Russian authorities evacuated Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo International Airport because of a bomb alarm: according to reports from the local media at about 6:00 am on Friday 19 April 2013 a unknown caller reported the presence of an explosive device inside the third busiest hub of the Russian Federation. All the aircraft movements were suspended: the police inspected the two passenger terminals...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1151550
Rome, Italy, 04/19/2013 13:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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