False alarm in Aeroparque: For an abandoned suitcase they activated the anti-bomb protocol

A false alarm generated the delay of several flights this Thursday at the Jorge Newbery Metropolitan Airport after the discovery of a suspicious suitcase that activated the security protocol for suspicious bomb package. When this element was detected in the food court of the air terminal of the City of Buenos Aires, the area was evacuated and members of the Airport Security Police (PSA) verified that it was a suitcase that someone forgot and that it did not represent any danger. ” Someone discarded an empty suitcase. The procedure was negative,” he told the portal. Argentine News a PSA spokesman. During the procedure, the boarding of passengers at the Aeroparque had been paralyzed for at least an hour. The situation led to the delay of the pre-boarding processes of thousands of passengers. The lines, strictly speaking, extended along almost 500 meters, between the national and international arrivals sectors.” An hour without being able to go to PSA and board. No one communicates what happens. We see experts pass by who look like bomb “defusers” but it’s all guesswork. It would be ideal for them to communicate the truth of what is happening and make a decision,” complained Victoria Abihaggle, a passenger about to take her flight, on her Twitter account.

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