Prague - An anonymous phone call claimed that terrorists armed with a bomb were aboard a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to the Czech capital Prague. The plane with 144 people on board landed at Prague Ruzyne Airport at 10:40 AM CET. Police officers, firemen, paramedics and bomb disposal technicians were at the scene. No bomb has been found yet.
Prague Ruzyne Airport spokeswoman Marika Janouskova confirmed that the Lufthansa aircraft was being searched by police. She also said that the airport did not restrict its operation but declared a state of emergency.
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Czech police said at approximately 11:30 AM that the anonymous caller who had announced the threat was detained in the western Czech city of Plzen, reported the Czech Press Agency (CTK) and the lidovky.cz website.
The caller is reportedly a 34-year-old mentally ill man from Plzen. The call was made shortly after 9:30 AM from a mobile phone to Czech national carrier Czech Airlines, which passed the information to the police.
The man was to start psychiatric treatment on Monday, November 25, said Czech immigration police spokeswoman Katerina Rendlova.
Plzen Region police spokeswoman Hana Stefflova confirmed to Czech Television that the caller had been arrested in Plzen at approximately noon. He has not been charged with anything yet.
