2024-10-07 05:50:29
GOPE personnel went to the Santiago Airport after being alerted of the emergency situation that was being experienced this morning due to a passenger.
Detained by the Investigative Police (PDI) at the Santiago Airport remains a man who He was denounced for claiming that he would blow up the plane on Copa flight 475, bound for Panama.which forced the passengers to be evacuated so that Carabineros GOPE personnel could inspect the aircraft.
The emergency began this morning, when the 158 passengers were already on board the plane and one of them heard another say that he was going to “fly” the aircraft.
After the witness told what happened to the crew, the security protocol was activated, which caused all passengers to be evacuated and transferred to a safe place, while the device was taken to another sector away from the boarding area.
The GOPE began the inspection of the aircraft at the airport
At that location in the airport, the members of the Carabineros Special Operations Group (GOPE) They began a complete inspection of the planeto rule out the presence of any explosive device.
According to the first versions provided by the PDI at the scene, the Detained subject asserted that it was all a jokebut in any case it will be made available to the courts.
Meanwhile, the passengers of Copa flight 475 that would travel to Panama are waiting for know if they will be able to board that plane or will have to take another flight to head to their destinations.