Flight operations at Hamburg Airport, which were suspended due to a threat of attack on an Iranian plane, have started again. “Flight operations have resumed. There may still be flight delays,” it said on the airport’s homepage after operations were completely stopped at around 12.40 p.m. There were no take-offs or landings for more than an hour and a half. Incoming planes were redirected to Hanover, among other places.
A spokesman for the Federal Police told the German Press Agency that the Federal Police had received an email in the morning threatening to attack the Tehran-Hamburg plane. This threat is taken very seriously. He did not comment on the background. It is not known whether the threat has anything to do with the violent conflicts in the Middle East.
The plane landed in Hamburg at around 12:20 p.m. and was in a special area, the police spokesman said during the closure. The 198 passengers and 16 crew members left the aircraft and were subjected to a security check in a separate area. The plane and luggage would be searched. The airport fire department is also involved.
Hamburg Airport is the fifth largest in Germany. In 2022, more than eleven million people traveled to or from there.