German flights suspended due to threat to Iranian plane

An Iran Air plane is parked at Hamburg Airport. Photo: Stephen Hutchings/Avalon

Flights to and from Hamburg Airport were suspended on Monday after authorities received a threat to a plane arriving from Iran, officials said.

The airport in northern Germany said there have been no takeoffs or landings since 12:40 pm (1040 GMT), the agency said. This was reported by the German news agency dpa.

Federal police said they received an email threat on Monday morning about an attack on the Tehran-Hamburg flight and took it seriously, although they did not provide details.

The plane landed in Hamburg around 12.20. The 198 passengers and 16 crew members underwent security checks, and the plane and luggage on board were searched.

There was no immediate information on the results of the searches. Air traffic has resumed.