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Smoke signal in cockpit forced emergency landing at El. Venizelos airport

Featured Smoke signal in cockpit forced emergency landing at El. Venizelos airport

A mini-alarm was sounded at El. Venizelos Airport on Thursday afternoon, when an aircraft taking off from the airport reported a security alert.

According to ERT, the crew of the aircraft contacted the control tower of Athens International Airport, requesting the possibility of an immediate emergency landing.

Airport authorities were immediately mobilized and the aircraft was eventually ordered to make an emergency landing, following protocol. It was an Air Baltic aircraft bound for Riga, Latvia.

Throughout the incident, flights at the airport were served by the second runway.

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