Bomb scare at AILA

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Flights departing Las Americas International Airport were suspended yesterday afternoon after a hoax bomb scare call was received. Listin Diario reports that more than 10 passenger flights and three cargo flights were affected. IB 6501 arriving from Madrid around 5pm was held at the gate and while passengers were told that the delay was due to security reasons, nothing unusual was perceived within the arrival hall at the time. Security forces combed the airport and any airplane that was on the tarmac for five hours after the alert, but nothing was found. General Carlos Robles Diaz, chief of the security forces at the airport said that a Spanish tourist on his way out of the country had been detained for investigation after dogs detected a large amount of salt and sugar in his luggage. Listin Diario reports that the authorities managed to trace the hoax caller.

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