Emirates flight: “We understood that something was going on” declares a passenger on – Audio

Reporting by Makis Synodinos

Minute by minute he describes to what happened on the flight EC 209 of Emirates her passenger Yannis Spyridakis. The Emirates aircraft had started from Athens bound for New York.

After the alarm raised for a possible suspicious passenger, the plane returned to Athens.

“We understood that something was happening but there was no information… There was a little confusion about the information from the plane’s staff, so there was a reflection” noted, among others, Mr. Spyridakis.

Flight EK 209 landed at Eleftherios Venizelos a few minutes before 22:00 accompanied by by two Air Force F16s.

After a thorough check carried out by the anti-terrorist unit on both the passengers and their luggage, nothing suspicious was found, not even the person referred to by the information of the foreign authorities.

The late night passengers were transferred to a hotel for the night and will depart for New York this Friday.

#ek209 Emirates Flight EK209 suspect remains seated and not allowed to leave the plane pic.twitter.com/zXJZXHTPLG

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#ek209 Emirates Flight EK209 pic.twitter.com/bj4cBTbFyD

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⚡ URGENT – #Greece : Le vol Emirates #EK209 en provenance d’Athènes a été dérouté. #flyingnews pic.twitter.com/Io4FVRHaIa

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In the meantime, a full alert had been sounded at the airport with consequences for the execution of air routes. Its executives Anti-Terrorism and the EYP as well as other services of EL.AS. they went to the airport. The aircraft landed in Athens and thorough checks on both passengers and luggage followed.

The suspect, who is said to be of Arab or Turkish descent, has not been located. Initial information indicated that the suspect was planning a terrorist attack in the short term. However, the alert ended shortly before midnight when, in an official statement, the Greek police announced that no suspicious person or anything suspicious had been found.

The announcement of the Headquarters of EL.AS.

The Hellenic Police Headquarters announces that, in the context of investigating information, regarding the existence of a suspicious person on one of the two flights of a well-known company departing in the afternoon today (10-11-2022), from Athens International Airport “E-mail. Venizelos”, the order was given for the return of one flight and the non-departure of the other, following a decision of the Airport Security Committee.

Subsequently, a check was carried out on all the passengers, as well as on the aircraft, by Greek Police services, without locating the person to whom the information referred or anything else suspicious.

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