July 1, 2004 at 2:11 am
Has this ever happened to you?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040605/2/pbku.html
A security scare caused the return of a Korean Airlines flight to Sydney Airport overnight four hours after its departure.
The plane on its way to Seoul was ordered back to Sydney because of a security issue with a passenger and his baggage, a spokesman for Transport Minister John Anderson said.
The Korean Airlines flight had taken off about 8pm (AEST) and was back at Sydney Airport by midnight.
“There was a security issue involving one passenger and his bags and we were of the view that the plane shouldn’t have taken off,” the spokesman said.
“The plane was ordered to return to Sydney by our department’s office of transport security.”
The passenger’s baggage was removed from the plane on the flight’s return to Sydney, but the passenger in question remained on board, the spokesman said.
“I don’t believe anybody left the plane on its return to Sydney except for one woman who did leave but for unrelated reasons.”
It was allowed to take off early Thursday morning with “everything considered to be fine”, the spokesman said.
The incident was being investigated by the Office of Transport Security, he said.
“Obviously we take any issues involving aviation security very, very seriously and there were further checks done at Sydney.”
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Can you imgaine how ****ed the passengers were??
By: clearedtoland - 2nd July 2004 at 15:01
Ordered TO COME BACK thought the safety of the plane etc was upto the captain therefore if it was a security risk should have landed at nearest airport and the hours dont tallt it says it was four hours out of sydney yet it took off at 8 and landed at 12 hmmm,blarney me thinks maybe sydney was the closest
By: GDL - 2nd July 2004 at 12:46
Would a alternative airport not have been better?Somewhere closer.
Brisbane would have been closer after 2 hours out of Sydney. Good point. 🙂
By: SHAMROCK321 - 1st July 2004 at 10:54
Would a alternative airport not have been better?Somewhere closer.
By: steve rowell - 1st July 2004 at 04:11
It shoudn’t have been allowed to take off in the first place, what an absolute security farce