The "suspicious situation" in an airplane at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport turned out to be a false alarm.
According to the Spanish airline Air Europa, the warning of kidnapping was erroneously triggered. This was announced by the company on Wednesday evening on Twitter. Nothing has happened, please apologize.
According to the Dutch news agency ANP, the airport administration first spoke of a "serious situation that could have a major impact on the population".
Rescue services and the Dutch border police had left with a large contingent. The Dutch television station NOS reported that a part of the airport had been vacated. Cars with darkened windows had driven to the gate D5. Journalist Vandermeersch tweeted a photo of makeshift barriers and an empty terminal:
Schiphol. pic.twitter.com/Vfa321xUEH
- peter vandermeersch (@pvdmeersch) 6 November 2019According to information from the "Algemeen Dagblad" was a heavily armed special police commando on site. Two rescue helicopters are on the way. According to "Algemeen Dagblad" the affected aircraft should fly to 19 clock to Madrid. It was about an airplane of the Spanish company Air Europa, flight UX1094. Apparently, a so-called Grip3 alarm was proclaimed: In this third highest alert level, the lives of many people in one place are threatened.
