Air traffic at Caen airport was interrupted Friday morning after a bomb threat. According to local media, firefighters and deminers had been inspecting airport facilities since early morning while police officers blocked access to the airport to travelers arriving there.
Air traffic at Caen airport was interrupted Friday morning after a bomb threat, and deminers are on site, we learned Friday from the Calvados prefecture. “The interdepartmental mine clearance service is on site to resolve doubts on the tarmac and in the airport buildings after individuals broke into the tarmac,” the prefecture told AFP.
An anonymous letter signed by “French environmental activists”
France 3 Normandie indicated on its website that it had received an anonymous letter during the night signed by “French environmental activists” who demanded an intrusion into the airport grounds to “denounce the environmental absurdity” of air transport. “Explosives have been placed around the tarmac and will be detonated at 12:00 p.m. We leave it to you to notify the police and the airport management so that the damage is only material,” states this letter cited by France 3 Normandy.
“Air traffic is interrupted. Travelers are invited to check the traffic situation before going to the airport,” the prefecture said on Friday at 8 a.m. on X (formerly Twitter). According to local media, firefighters and deminers had been inspecting airport facilities since early morning while police officers blocked access to the airport to travelers arriving there.