LBologna airport had been closed shortly after 4pm on Monday 13 May for reasons of safety. According to what we learn, Polaria agents have found one pistol in a suitcase. Three flights arriving, from Brindisi, Brussels And Stockholm, they would have been hijacked on alternative destinations. Others were leaving deleted. After about two hours stop operations resumed. It would have been a scanner error.
Bologna airport closed: rumors about the gun in the suitcase
According to what was reported by Ansa, Bologna airport was closed shortly after 4pm.
The reason would be the discovery of a gun inside a suitcase, which would have triggered the protocol safety: airport closed and three arriving flights diverted, coming from Brindisi, Brussels and Stockholm.
Several flights cancelled
In addition to the incoming flights diverted to other airports, there have already been some deleted 5 among those leaving:
- FR4338 direction Toasts (Ryanair) at 4.25pm;
- SN3126 / NH5142 direction Brussels (Brussels Airlines) at 5pm;
- EN8243 direction Monk (Air Dolomiti) at 5pm;
- FR3818 direction Stockholm (Ryanair) at 5pm;
- KL1666 / MF9348 direction Amsterdam (KLM) at 5.25pm.
The anger of the passengers
Several users have complained about the social accounts of Bologna airport.
“Everything blocked at Marconi, no plane can leave, no information: excellent service”.
And again: “Do we know what happened? We are stuck in Munich without being able to leave“.
Operations resumed after approximately 2 hours: scanner error
Ansa reported that, after about two hours of stoppage, the airport’s operations were resumed resumed regularly.
According to what was leaked from investigative sources cited byAdnkronoshowever, it would have been a mistake: a new one machinery recently arrived at the airport would have created a false alarm, because it looked like there was an outline of a gun in one piece of luggage.
Work at security checks
Just a few days earlier, on Friday 10 May, the social account of the Marconi airport in Bologna had shared a video relating to the works in the area dedicated to security checks.
Furthermore, due to these interventions, the airport – through its website – reminds passengers to show up “at least 3 hours in advance of the flight departure time”.
The floor of the works includes:
- important infrastructure development works to improve the management of some areas of the Terminal, to support passenger and cargo traffic;
- Sustainability interventions, necessary to offset the operational impacts of the airport on the environment and to achieve carbon neutrality commitments by 2030;
- technological and process innovation interventions, aimed at creating a smart and digital airport, identifying concrete solutions to improve the customer experience and developing tools to support business and an agile organisation.
Photo source: ANSA
