Hamburg Airport suspends flights after ‘threat of attack on aircraft’: Police swoop on Iranian plane

• Cops descended on jet carrying 198 passengers and 16 crew when it landed at 12.20pm

Flights have been suspended at Germany’s Hamburg Airport this morning after a threat of an attack was made against a plane flying from the Iranian capital Tehran.

German cops descended on the aircraft after it landed at the international airport in the country’s north and conducted a search, acting on an earlier emailed threat.

The plane landed in Hamburg at about 12.20pm with 198 passengers and 16 crew members then undergoing a security check. The aircraft and luggage on board were also being searched. 

The terminal halted take-offs and landings at 12.40pm local time, a spokesman said. 

Cops said they were taking the threat seriously but have yet to disclose further details. 

The police operation comes on the first day of a special meeting of the German and French governments in Hamburg, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron both attending. 

It also unfolded against a backdrop of growing international tensions after Israel came under a sustained and brutal attack by Hamas gunmen over the weekend.

The incursions left hundreds of Israelis dead – including revellers at a festival. Israel responded with a wave of deadly retaliatory air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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Flights have been suspended at Germany’s Hamburg Airport this morning over the threat of an attack against a plane from the Iranian capital Tehran  (file pic)

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