Plane bomb scare in Venezuela false alarm -official
21 Apr 2008 18:33:16 GMT Source: Reuters
(Recasts with authorities declaring incident a false alarm) CARACAS, April 21 (Reuters) - A bomb scare involving a Spanish passenger jet in Venezuela was a false alarm, authorities said on Monday, after explosives experts searched the plane. The privately owned Air Europa plane flew out of the main airport just outside the capital of Caracas and headed for Madrid after the all-clear, Venezuela's airline association said. Late on Sunday, as the plane stood on the tarmac set for takeoff, anonymous telephone callers warned a bomb was aboard, prompting airport security officials to bring the passengers off the aircraft and scour it and the luggage for a bomb. (Reporting by Deisy Buitrago; Writing by Saul Hudson; Editing by Enrique Andres Pretel)
