29 Sep, 2020 @ 20:33
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False bomb threat at Spain’s Palma de Mallorca airport

FALSE ALARM: Bomb threat at Palma Airport made by a call from Madrid

A FAKE bomb threat almost caused an evacuation at Palma de Mallorca airport this evening.

It came after a call from Madrid warned of an explosive device hidden somewhere in the building.

Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil launched an intense search of the airport at around 7pm.

Authorities held off on evacuating and soon verified there were no suspicious packages in sight.

FALSE ALARM: Bomb threat at Palma Airport made by a call from Madrid

The airport will continue to operate normally.

It comes after a false bomb threat in Madrid earlier this year caused panic and the evacuation of Amazon’s headquarters.

Officials received a warning at around 10:40am on February 13 that there was an explosive device in the building on Calle de Ramirez de Prado.

The site was subsequently evacuated and an inspection was carried out with support from Guardia Civil’s Tedax unit, which specialises in the deactivation of explosives.

After verifying that the threat was a false alarm, workers were able to return to their posts shortly before 1:00pm.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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