air traffic briefly suspended in Hamburg after threats against an Iranian plane

Threats targeting a plane coming from Iran. Air traffic was suspended for around 90 minutes on Monday October 9 at Hamburg airport in Germany, a few hours before a meeting between Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron. Interrupted at midday, traffic was able to resume around 2 p.m. local time, according to Hamburg airport.

German police judged “serious” the threat against the Iranian plane, it was therefore put “in safety position” upon his arrival from Tehran, around 12:30 p.m., according to an airport police spokesperson. 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 federal police received Monday morning “by e-mail a threat of attack targeting an Iranian plane”declared the airport police spokesperson to AFP.

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