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Feb 11, 2014 News
– plane lands safely in the US
Authorities will keep security high at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) for the next few days in the wake of a reported threat to sabotage a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight.
Transport Minister, Robeson Benn, updating the National Assembly on the incident, noted that there was a 13 per cent reduction in the passengers scheduled to fly after the terror threat was called in. The initial indications are that a male person with a Trinidadian accent called in the threat from Barbados.
The plane yesterday landed safely in the US after heavy security checks here. There were further checks in that North American country.
Kaieteur News was told that the “terror threat” was directly to sabotage CAL’s 484 flight that was leaving yesterday morning from Timehri.
According to Benn, CAL took the threat seriously as its security personnel were immediately informed. Top Government officials met early Saturday with security and airport officials later convening an emergency session to discuss the issue.
The Minister disclosed that when pressed about the exact nature of the threat, the caller “rang” off.
At CJIA, systems were immediately activated to ensure 100 per cent screening of passengers on all outgoing flights.
CAL’s 484 successfully landed in the US yesterday, Benn said. The “heightened security posture” will remain in place for a number of days in Barbados, Jamaican, Trinidad, Guyana and the US.
The official was hopeful that all stops will be pulled out by Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and US to determine who made the call and whether there was any credibility to it.
Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, said that the threat call triggered protocols in place as the issue clearly dealt with one of national security.
Meanwhile Country representative for Caribbean Airlines, Carl Stuart, told Kaieteur News yesterday that all the flights which were destined from Guyana to New York were on schedule. This newspaper was told that there were 13 cancellations from yesterday.
Further, the airline in a statement said that it wished to “assure passengers and the travelling public that it is working closely with all authorities to ensure appropriate security protocols are followed”.
The airline management said that all of the Caribbean Airlines flights will operate as scheduled. Embassy officials here in Georgetown continued to be tightlipped about the situation.
The issue was also taken seriously by the local US Embassy. On Sunday, the Embassy, through its website and FaceBook page, issued an emergency travel advisory for US citizens travelling from Guyana to America during February 10 through Wednesday, February 12.
CJIA asked passengers and other airport users to be on the lookout for any suspicious activities or occurrences and report same to an airport security official.
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