THY plane made an emergency landing in Barcelona due to a bomb threat: Details have emerged

The Spanish press reported details regarding the Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Barcelona that made an emergency landing at El Prat Airport due to a false bomb threat.The report stated. According to data from the air traffic information portal FlightRadar,According to the information, flight TK1853the planetook off from Istanbul at 09:22.

According to a report by El Periodico,when a passenger connected to the plane'sWi-Fi network, they saw that another passenger's username was "a bomb will explode at 9:30" in English,prompting the crewwith the warning of theprocess began.

While the plane was off the coast ofSardinia,thepilots reported an incident to air traffic controltowers.sent the "7700" code, which indicates an emergency,to the ground.

NATO PROTOCOLSW EREACTIVATEDFollowingthis,

Spain activatedits security protocols. Spanish Ministry of Defense officials handled the incident within the framework of NATO protocols.Thetheplane in the air, the nearest allied unitwas activated. The Air Operations Center (CAOC) located at Torrejón Air Base in Madrid monitored theprocess moment by moment. However, due to adverse weather conditions in Madrid, the French fighter jtheplane continued to be escorted until Barcelona El Prataircraft, and it was decided that the escort would continue.

Theplane, beforelanding, was met by Catalan pAfter circlinginthe air for approximately 20 minutes, it landed at El Prat Airport at 10:57 AM.

DETAILS OF THE OPERATION

The GEDEX unit, which is responsible for security on the runway and operates under the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), was dispatched to the airport from theirheadquarters in Sant Andreu de la Barca.

The Airbus A321 type aircraft, which landed around 11:00,was towed to a safe area away from the runway, and passengers were evacuated and taken to a securelocation. Itwas stated that there were 148 passengers and 7 crew memberson board.

THE THREAT WAS A HOAX AEMERGED

Before the threat was confirmed to be false, Spanish police sources estimated that the situation wasmore of a "digital prank or anuisance"than a terrorist risk. Nevertheless, as per protocol, the Spanish Civil Guard's Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts (GEDEX) inspected the plane.conducted a detailedsearch on the plane.

GEDEX teamsfound nothing on the plane, while allpassengersand their luggage were passed through scanners as per protocoland checked individually. The operation involved the Mossos (Catalan Police), The Spanish National Police, fire department, and Civil Guard teams also participated.

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