Stopover plane after bomb alert

chania - A plane from the German company Condor made a stopover on Crete on Thursday evening after a bomb threat. The pilot forced the aircraft that was traveling from the Egyptian tourist resort of Hurghada to Düsseldorf to the ground in Chania.

The 273 passengers disembarked as quickly as possible. They will be accommodated in hotels. They fly on Friday when the device is searched with help dogs and released. The Condor spokesman could not say anything about the background of the threat.