Reports about bomb on aircraft at Kyiv Zhuliany Airport was passenger's joke – Wizz Air

17:06, 31.05.2016 1 min read

The report about a bomb planted on an airplane of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air at the Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport was a joke of one of the passengers of the aircraft.

"Today, on May 31, during flight W67305 of the Wizz Air airline from Kyiv to Memmingen one of the passengers told the crew that he had an explosive device. The aircraft crew reacted according to the established operating procedures, the aircraft was returned to the apron, and a full inspection of the aircraft and the baggage was held. The passenger was handed over to police and later taken into custody, he said that his statement was a joke," the airline's press service reported.

At present, the National Police is probing the incident.