Philippine police ‘surround’ Saudi flight at Manila airport

Philippine National Police stand guard at Manila International Airport in 2011
AFP

Manila (AFP) – Police surrounded a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight at Manila airport on Tuesday after reports it was “under threat”, with passengers not allowed to disembark, the aviation authority spokesman told AFP.

“A Saudi plane has been isolated at the airport runway,” Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman Eric Apolonio said.

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