Event 99035c16-4445-46f8-bd90-051756380d38

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Sabotage Country: Lithuania
Source: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2255144/kaunas-airp...
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Event Time
1y ago
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Created
1mo ago
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Updated
1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Kaunas Airport resumes operations after evacuation over bomb threat

Short Summary: Kaunas and Vilnius airports received bomb threats; Kaunas Airport was evacuated and later resumed operations after threat cleared.

Description

On April 19, 2024, Vilnius and Kaunas Airports in Lithuania received bomb threats. Kaunas Airport was briefly evacuated after a call was made to the airports' general call centre. Operations resumed and flights were not affected after police assessed the situation as safe.

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On Friday, Vilnius and Kaunas Airports received bomb threats.
The report was received at around 16:00 after a call was made to the general call centre of the airports.
a decision was taken to evacuate Kaunas Airport
Kaunas Airport announced that the police officers lifted the alert, and passengers were being allowed back to the airport. The incident did not affect flights.
it was also decided not to evacuate the Vilnius Airport

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Source

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2255144/kaunas-airport-resumes-operations-after-evacuation-over-bomb-threat
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