June 25, 2023, 10:03 PM
June 25, 2023, 10:03 PM
This Sunday afternoon, an international flight scheduled to depart from the Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz suffered a delay due to the detection of a cartridge of fireworks inside the aircraft.
This situation generated a moment of tension and provoked a immediate mobilization of anti-narcotics agents and other dependencies, who finally managed to resolve the situation and allowed the plane to leave for its destination, although the passengers expressed their observations in this regard.
Bolivian Air Navigation and Airports (Naabol) issued a statement to dispel doubts in the middle of the eye of the storm are the national authorities and the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) for the ‘narco flight’ case that is still latent.
According to the report, at 12:30 today, the Civil Aviation Security Supervisor of the company Grupo Aeroalas SRL found two suspicious objects: one on the main platform, near the GOL company aircraft with registration PR-GTE, and another on the baggage carousel No. 9.
Given this irregularity, the State security agencies present at the airport were summoned, such as JESPA, DIRESA, the Bolivian Police Fire Department, the Anti-Explosive Unit and the Felcn, in order to carry out an investigation. inspection and apply the established protocolss to ensure the safety of passengers.
“From the evaluation, it was determined that apparently it was a fireworks game cartridge used in sporting events,” the statement said.
The report continues and indicates that at 1:46 p.m. the aircraft was finally released considering that “the object did not represent any risk for the passengers and the operation of the aircraft, restarting its operations with total normality”.
