SPLIT AIRPORT CLOSED FOR OVER ONE HOUR DUE TO FALSE BOMB THREAT

SPLIT, Aug 11 (Hina) - The airport near the biggest coastal Croatian city was closed between 07.15 and 08.30 am Sunday due to a false bomb threat. #L# The airport authorities received a tip from an unknown person about the bomb. After the through search, it was established that the threat was false, the Croatian Information Centre said. Two planes, which should have departed from the Resnik airport to Zagreb, left Split with a 90-minute-delay. An official of the airport said they had received the tip that a bomb had been planted in one of those aircraft. Mine removal experts thoroughly searched both planes, but found nothing suspicious. After the police check-up, the traffic resumed at the airport.