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| Queenstown airport partly evacuated after bomb threat found on Qantas plane Queenstown airport partly evacuated after bomb threat found on Qantas plane | |
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| Part of Queenstown airport has been evacuated after a bomb threat was found on a Qantas plane. | Part of Queenstown airport has been evacuated after a bomb threat was found on a Qantas plane. |
| The alarm was raised after a cleaner reportedly found a note on board the B737 that had arrived from Sydney at about 3pm. | The alarm was raised after a cleaner reportedly found a note on board the B737 that had arrived from Sydney at about 3pm. |
| There were no passengers onboard at the time the note was discovered. | There were no passengers onboard at the time the note was discovered. |
| Police evacuated the terminal and started a search of the plane and the building, but no explosives were found. | Police evacuated the terminal and started a search of the plane and the building, but no explosives were found. |
| Meanwhile in Queenstown....airport evacuated due to bomb threat....this world is messed up #queenstown pic.twitter.com/94ZvBKNcZ8 | Meanwhile in Queenstown....airport evacuated due to bomb threat....this world is messed up #queenstown pic.twitter.com/94ZvBKNcZ8 |
| @NZQN Queenstown airport on lockdown pic.twitter.com/sEyr9gruht | @NZQN Queenstown airport on lockdown pic.twitter.com/sEyr9gruht |
| Queenstown Airport evacuated. @ONENewsNZ pic.twitter.com/OHKOoSaa92 | Queenstown Airport evacuated. @ONENewsNZ pic.twitter.com/OHKOoSaa92 |
| The airport has since reopened. | The airport has since reopened. |
| The incident took place during skiing season, Queenstown’s busiest time of year. | The incident took place during skiing season, Queenstown’s busiest time of year. |