He airport de Cordoba (central Argentina) was temporarily closed by the security forces due to a joke by a passenger who announced the possibility of a transplant explosives on a Latam Airlines plane scheduled to take off this Thursday for Lima, official sources confirmed to EFE.

According to Airport Security Police (PSA) sources, the topic was denounced by other passengers who heard him laugh and comment. the probability of a bomb exploding inside the aircraft.

“Two people alerted the crew when they saw a suspicious attitude on the part of another passenger who they heard was speaking out about possible bomb explosion on the plane“, — is spoken in the message of PSA.

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The failed prank activated the anti-blast protocols of the Latam Airlines crew members who notified the authorities, which led to the PSA temporarily shutting down the International Airport. Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella in Cordoba, because evacuate 90 passengers of flight LA2365.

The anti-explosive brigade of the federal forces, the fire brigade and the special task force of the Córdoba police, which they commandeered the plane and searched its holdas well as passengers and their luggage.

Since it was a false alarm, the authorities stopped the operation and the company resumed the landing process almost three hours later, although prime suspect arrested and is at the disposal of the Federal Court No. 3 of Córdoba, which has jurisdiction over Miguel Hugo Vaca Narvaja. (EFE)