Domestic hall at Landvetter Airport has been evacuated after a threat to the airport.
Bomb Group is now in place to investigate one or more mysterious bags found at the airport.
– We can not go out with their contents, only that they considered dangerous objects, says Stefan Gustafsson, police spokesman in the Western Region.
The police bomb team is now in place at the domestic hall to Landvetter Airport.
According to the police the threats have been called in to Swedavia operates the airport at 9:40 pm on Thursday.
– It has been called into any kind of threat to Landvetter airport during the morning today. I can not pinpoint the threat closer, says Peter Adlersson, police spokesman in the Western Region.
He says that staff at Landvetter had increased vigilance during the day and police have also been in place with extra staff on account of the threat.
After a mysterious object , found in the domestic hall at 13 o’clock, the airport has now been evacuated.
– I understand it’s about one or more plastic bags found in the domestic hall. Bomb Group is currently in place to investigate this subject matter, says Peter Adlersson.
Swedavia press service confirms that there is a threat against the airport.
– We can say and what we do know is that there is an external threat against Landvetter, says Ulf Wallin at Swedavia’s press service.
He can not comment more about the situation as it is now a police matter. At present, the police must be on their way to the scene.
– We do not know what action will be taken. The police will make their assessment on the site, he says.
GP has contacted the emergency services to confirm that they have pulled out of the alarm, but they would not comment on the incident.
– There is a police matter, I can not comment on that, says a alarm and lead operator at the emergency services to the GC.
Police said that they have launched a preliminary investigation regarding illegal threats .
It has also closed down inbound traffic to Landvetter airport.
– We have taken the decision to block traffic for incoming cars to Landvetter, says Peter Adlersson.
According to the Swedavia airport director, Charlotte Ljunggren, is not affected air traffic from and to the Landvetter moment of hotbilen the airport.
– Right now this situation little impact on airline operations. Of course, this means that travelers can not get into the airport in the usual way, so it can affect the times, she says.
To those travelers who are outside the barricades are not in any danger zone?
– We follow the police’s guidelines and at the moment it is estimated that there is nothing to worry about outside these areas.
People arriving by domestic flights to Landvetter are now instead leave the area via alternate routes while the police bomb team examines the objects according to the police at present considered to be dangerous.
According to police officers at the site has been no explosion occurred at the airport. The traffic at the international terminal at Landvetter shall not be affected by the threat, police said.
In addition to police and emergency services are also paramedics on site at the airport.
According to GP’s reporter on the scene noticed the bomb threat is not from outside the domestic hall. Outside goes flights still as usual.
While the operation going on at Landvetter police is currently investigating who is behind the threat to dialed in to the Swedavia on Thursday morning.
– We are investigating so clear where this threat is coming from, says press spokesman Peter Adlersson.
When halvtretiden police could to confirm that bomb group has begun its work. At present, the police still did not say what the contents of the bags suspected.
– We can not go out with their contents, only that they considered dangerous objects, says Stefan Gustafsson, police spokesman in the Western Region.
At 15 o’clock tells police spokesman Hans Lippens that the police do not have a forecast for how long the operation will last at Landvetter.
– Bomb Technicians can work in peace and quiet now and take the time in which they need, says Hans Lippens.
Lippens says that although the Security Service , SAPO, has been linked into the matter to investigate who or what is behind the threat.
– the analysis is now done by kriminaljouren in Gothenburg that interact with SAS, Swedavia and the Security Service.
at 15:12 on Thursday, says Hans Lippens to the police right now scans the whole domestic hall to exclude there may be other items that may be considered to be dangerous.
– You go through all the nooks and corner. We do not know if it had been found that is dangerous or not and bomb technicians’ work is well under way, says Hans Lippens.
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