A plane belonging to the Irish airline Ryanair has to land unscheduled on the Berlin airport BER on Sunday evening and is searched by the police.
Berlin – There was an unplanned landing and a police operation at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport on Sunday evening (May 30th, 2021). As a press spokesman for the airport confirmed to RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), a plane on the way from Dublin to Krakow reported an air emergency. The crew then asked for an extraordinary landing in Berlin.
When landing around 8 p.m., the machine had no technical problems, and the fire brigade initially found no defects.
Landing in BER: Police operation now ended
In the meantime, the deployment of the Federal Police has ended again after the unscheduled landing. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the federal police. On early Monday morning shortly before 4:00 a.m., the passengers who had landed in Berlin on the Ryanair plane were able to continue their journey to Krakow with a replacement aircraft. The airport had previously lifted the night flight ban for the Ryanair flight as a precaution.
The background to the unscheduled landing and the subsequent search on Sunday evening were initially unknown. A spokeswoman for the federal police did not give details “for tactical reasons”. There had previously been media reports of a bomb threat.
The search was ended without a finding, it said. There is no danger from the machine. She is still standing at BER Airport. During the mission, the 160 passengers in the terminal were looked after and looked after. (dpa / skr)
