Photos of Swiss Airbus Emegrency Landing because of bomb threat
On the 23rd of August, a Swiss Airbus 320 flying from Zurich to Malaga as LX 2114 made an emergency landing in Geneva, because of a bomb threat. Eventually, it revealed a false alert, but the airport was closed for 65 minutes, and the suspense lasted for quite a while. I landed one hour before, and when I left the clubhouse the passengers had already evacuated the plane using the slides, but the aircraft itself was still on the runway.
The resolution of this picture is rather low, as I took it from a position 1500 meters away, with a standard lens. At this moment, the fire brigade was waiting away from the runway. I have no information regarding where the inspection took place: on the runway, or later on.
A bit later, some ground staff climbed on board for inspection. Some of them also inspected the wings, probably to check the opened emergency exits. The small yellow dots on and below the right side wing (left on the picture) are the high visibility jackets of the ground staff. One of their role was also to remove the slides, before pulling the plane to a less critical place.
Given how close they are, I suppose (and hope) that the level of danger was already low. The tractor is already in place on this picture. No one there could tell me if the driver was from the fire brigade, or from the standard staff. This is anyway a high-risk job, just like getting on-board a potentially bombed plane.
The aircraft was finally pulled to an area close of threshold 05, passing in front of the main terminal, and other parking position. Because of this path, and of the long time spent on the runway, I suppose that at least a first inspection took place on the runway. I took better pictures while the planned passed-by.
The two black holes over the wings are the emergency exits - the ones that the passengers open by themselves and throw out of the plane, as shown on the safety procedures.
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Category: Air Accidents, On Airports and Airlines
Tags: Airbus bomb bomb threat emergency landing Geneva LX 2114 Malaga Swiss Swiss 2114 Zurich
