Turkish plane investigated in Copenhagen airport after threat (updated)

Copenhagen Airports A/S

13/11/2017 14:34

(adds detail on investigation, comments) 
    COPENHAGEN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Danish police were 
investigating a plane at Copenhagen airport due to depart for 
Istanbul, in response to a threat against aircraft of Turkish 
airline Atlasglobal in Europe, the airport said on Monday. 
    "Copenhagen police have said there is a threat against all 
Atlasglobal's planes in Europe," a Copenhagen Airports spokesman 
said. The Atlasglobal plane had been moved to a remote part of 
the airport while police carried out further investigations. 
    Authorities briefly closed ten gates at the airport due to 
the investigation, but these were later reopened. 
    Copenhagen police confirmed to Reuters that officers were 
investigating a suspicious incident at the airport but did not 
give further details. 
    A spokesman for Atlasglobal said the airline was not 
immediately able to comment and would likely release a statement 
later. 
 
 (Reporting by Julie Astrid Thomsen; additional reporting by 
Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Ebru Tuncay; Editing by John 
Stonestreet and Peter Graff) 
 ((JulieAstrid.Thomsen@thomsonreuters.com;)) 
 
Keywords: DENMARK SECURITY/