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JKIA temporarily shut over bomb scare

Wednesday April 17 2019
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Vehicles entering the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on November 16, 2017. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

By Vincent Achuka

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, closed temporarily on Wednesday afternoon after a bomb scare on a Kenya Airways flight to Johannesburg, South Africa.

"The unfortunate bomb scare incident was reported on flight KQ 762, which was departing from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for OR-Tambo International Airport Johannesburg," the airline said in a statement.

The national carrier also said that the passenger who raised the alarm has been taken into police custody.

All other passengers and crew also disembarked for rescreening.

Mr Dennis Kashero, the KQ head of communications and public affairs, said the airline was notified of the bomb threat on the flight at 1300 GMT.

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