London bound airliner diverted after passengers hear two guys having a “suspicious conversation.” Police destroy their luggage even though no evidence found – PB/TK
EasyJet plane diverts over ‘suspicious conversation’ – al Jazeera / June 11 2017
A London-bound easyJet flight was diverted to Cologne on Saturday evening due to a “suspicious conversation” heard on board, with passengers evacuated on emergency slides and three men arrested, German police said.
The pilot of flight EZY3246, which had taken off from Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, made a diversion to Cologne’s Bonn airport after passengers reported that the men were talking about “terrorist matters”, a police statement said. The men were not identified.
“Investigations continue regarding the suspicion of preparations for a serious violent crime that could have jeopardised the state,” the statement said.
A backpack that belonged to the men was examined and destroyed in a controlled explosion by authorities but no dangerous contents were found, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Police carried out security checks of the aircraft and questioned the Stansted-bound passengers after all 151 on board were evacuated safely from the Airbus 319 aircraft using emergency slides, the airport said in a statement on its website.
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