In Turkey the flight operated by EasyJet had to be grounded due to the bomb threat. Flight EZY8844 was about to take off from Dalaman to get its destination London Gatwick airport. The scheduled time was 1.15 p.m. July, 7. But the take-off was delayed. As police officers had to carry out some extra checks.
According to Twitter users the flight in question had been delayed for five hours. And after all, the flight cancellation followed. The passengers could resume their journey on July, 8.
The passengers had to leave the plane. The plane was left in the runway. But no explanations to the passengers followed from EasyJet. So, they were unaware what was going on. Most of them believed it to be the consequence of bomb threat.
The representative of the airline company commenting on the incident has confirmed it. Having confirmed it the rep for EasyJet has said that when the plane was about to take off form the airport of Dalaman the police boarded the aircraft.
It was done due to the request of the airport security in order to carry out some extra security checks. Moreover, the airline company’s top priority is their passengers’ safety.
Taking into account that the cabin crew exceeded their allowed operating hours after extra checks it was necessary to reschedule the flight causing a longer delay.