air traffic briefly suspended in Hamburg after a “threat of attack targeting an Iranian plane”

Threats targeting a plane coming from Iran. Air traffic was suspended at midday, for around an hour and a half, Monday October 9, above Hamburg airport in Germany, a few hours before a meeting between Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron. Traffic was able to resume around 2 p.m. local time, according to Hamburg Airport.

The federal police received Monday morning “by e-mail a threat of attack targeting an Iranian plane”, declared the airport police spokesperson to AFP. She judged “serious” this threat, and the device was therefore put “in safety position” upon his arrival from Tehran, around 12:30 p.m. The 198 passengers and 16 crew members were directed to a separate evacuation door and subjected to a security check while the plane and luggage were searched.

The plane carrying the President of the Republic from Paris is expected in Hamburg this afternoon. He must land at a secondary airport, that of Hamburg-Finkenwerder, near the site of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus where Emmanuel Macron will go.