Man jailed for bomb alert at Geneva Airport
An Indian traveller who sparked a bomb alert at Geneva airport in order to avoid missing his flight has been jailed and ordered to pay a heavy fine.
The man was hit with a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs (£41,200) to cover manpower costs after the terminal was searched and passengers were disembarked from the aircraft.
Geneva police chief Francois Waridel told local media the fine would cover the work of more than 100 police officers and security agents who responded to the alert.
"Considering the times we are living in, we have to take maximum security precautions," he said.
The unnamed 30-year-old man was running late for his Aeroflot flight on October 13 and called up an employee saying there was a bomb on the plane in order to delay it taking off.
He was also jailed for six months.
Earlier this year a 41-year-old French woman was jailed for a similar hoax bomb threat at the same airport.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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