False bomb alarm at Olbia airport, airport evacuated for three hours: it's a manhunt, he has a Sardinian accent
The call to 112 came at 5.30pm and the emergency plan was immediately put into action. The person responsible may have already been identifiedThe nightmare for the passengers and workers at the Costa Smeralda airport ( around a thousand people in total) ended at 8.25pm, when the reopening of the airport doors formalized the end of the emergency that had started three hours earlier when a phone call announced the presence of a bomb on the flight to Milan which should have left at 7pm .
Flights to Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich, Linate and Fiumicino all departed late in the evening and arrivals were regular.
The phone call from a man with a Sardinian accent arrived at 5.30pm on 112 and - considering the state of alarm in all European countries and some details - was not underestimated, triggering the emergency plan and the evacuation of the airport which was done in ten minutes .
The bomb, according to the phone call, should have been found on the plane to Linate, an Aeroitalia flight that landed at 3.30 pm and was supposed to leave at 7 pm . Over two hours were needed for the necessary checks which ultimately ruled out the presence of the device .
Now there is a manhunt for the man who triggered the terrorism alert and who may have already been identified.