Philippines puts 42 airports on heightened alert following bomb threats

It is not clear when the threats, sent by email, were issued.

Reuters

October 6, 2023, 12:45 p.m.

Last modification: October 6, 2023, 12:48 p.m.

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Air travelers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/ Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

The Philippines has placed 42 airports on heightened alert following a series of warnings that bombs could be set off on planes, the civil aviation authority said Friday.

“Immediate enhanced security measures” have been implemented at all commercial airports in the Philippines, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said in a media advisory, adding that the warnings were being reviewed. verification.

It is not clear when the threats, sent by email, were issued.

He said the identified flights were heading to Cebu, Bicol, Davao and Palawan.

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