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Flights at Hamburg Airport in Germany suspended after a threat against a plane from Iran

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say flights to and from Hamburg Airport have been suspended after authorities received a threat to a plane that arrived from Iran. The airport said that there had been no takeoffs or landings at the airport in northern Germany since 12:40 p.m. (1040 GMT), according to German news agency dpa. Federal police say they received an emailed threat on Monday morning of an attack on the Tehran-Hamburg flight and are taking it seriously, though they didn’t give details. The plane landed in Hamburg at about 12:20 p.m. The 198 passengers and 16 crew members were undergoing a security check, and the aircraft and luggage on board were being searched.

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