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Flight to Beijing delayed after bomb hoax

(Xinhua)

16:22, April 10, 2013

WENZHOU, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A flight bound for Beijing from Wenzhou on Wednesday was delayed for nearly two hours after a passenger claimed to have carried a bomb onboard in the luggage, airport authorities said.

The CA1568 flight from Yongqiang Airport in the eastern city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, scheduled to take off at 11:25 a.m. did not leave until 1:08 p.m..

Airport police carried out a search of the plane and no bomb was found, an airport spokesman said.

The passenger, surnamed Zhang, was arrested and the case is being investigated.


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