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| Southeast Asia |
| Sydney flight grounded over bomb threat |
| 2010-09-04 |
| A CHINA Airlines flight bound for Sydney has been grounded for safety checks in Taiwan because of an alleged bomb threat, airport police say. Flight CI051 was due to depart at 11:55pm on Friday (1.55am AEST Saturday) from Taipei but is currently being inspected for possible explosives, an official at the Aviation Police Office in Taoyuan international airport in northern Taiwan said. "We are handling the matter right now," the official said. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on board or when the safety checks would finish. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |