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| Schiphol airport: Dutch police probing 'suspicious situation' on plane | |
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| Dutch police say they are investigating a "suspicious situation" on board a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. | Dutch police say they are investigating a "suspicious situation" on board a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. |
| Images posted on social media showed parts of the airport's D-pier cordoned off to the public. Flights are still landing at other parts of the airport. | |
| An hour after the first reports, police said the passengers and crew were now safely off the aircraft. | |
| The nature of the incident has not been confirmed and police say the investigation is ongoing. | |
| The incident was described as a GRIP-3 situation, Dutch officials said, meaning an incident or serious event with major consequences to a local population. | |
| One journalist at the scene tweeted images showing emergency vehicles on the airport's tarmac. | |
| Other photographs showed passengers caught up in the disruption waiting around the terminal area awaiting further information. | |
| Schiphol is one of the busiest transport hubs in Europe, handling more than 70 million passengers a year. | Schiphol is one of the busiest transport hubs in Europe, handling more than 70 million passengers a year. |