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Authorities said the airport received the threat through a messaging application at 9:58 p.m. on Sunday. The message claimed that a woman carrying a bomb planned to hijack a flight departing from the airport.
Qatar Airways and Emirates Airways planes are parked on March 1 at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Kuta, Bali, as some flights to Dubai and Doha were cancelled following strikes on Iran launched by the United States and Israel. (Reuters/Johannes Christo)
Bali police have launched an investigation into a suspected hoax bomb threat targeting I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport after airport authorities received a threatening message on Sunday night.Airport police spokesperson Second Insp. I Gede Suka Artana said officers immediately conducted a security sweep of the airport and launched an investigation after the threat was received.
