Bomb Scare on MEL bound flight

[serfty]

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/bomb-scare-on-melbournebound-flight-20090820-er2w.html

A bomb scare on a Melbourne-bound Singapore Airlines flight rattled passengers as the plane prepared to land in Melbourne this morning.

The flight, with 198 passengers and 20 crew, was alerted to a bomb threat received in a call centre at Mumbai, India, after the plane had taken off from Singapore, an airline spokeswoman told The Age.

The crew alerted passengers to the potential threat.

"I can confirm there was a disruption on Singapore Airlines SQ227 and the Australian Federal Police are investigating," a spokeswoman Tullamarine said. She said the flight landed safely.

 

[v8Statesman]

Bomb scare on Melbourne-bound Singapore Airlines flight

A bomb scare on a Melbourne-bound Singapore Airlines flight rattled passengers as the plane prepared to land in Melbourne this morning.

The flight, with 198 passengers and 20 crew, was alerted to a bomb threat received in a call centre at Mumbai, India, after the plane had taken off from Singapore, an airline spokeswoman told The Age.

Ex SIN is a little worrying. I have always felt safe flying out of there. Security always "appears" tight.

 

[dajop]

Ex SIN is a little worrying. I have always felt safe flying out of there. Security always "appears" tight.

Huh? What's this got to do with security in SIN? If it does turn out to be hoax (the Age article indicates that it may well be), there's no way even the tightest security can prevent people ringing up and making hoax calls.

 

[v8Statesman]

Huh? What's this got to do with security in SIN? If it does turn out to be hoax (the Age article indicates that it may well be), there's no way even the tightest security can prevent people ringing up and making hoax calls.

My comment is based on the assumption that until it is proved a hoax, it isn't one.