Airline company gets bomb threat

Airline company gets bomb threat

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Malaysia's Pelangi Airways has received a
bomb threat over plans to resume its Banda Aceh-Kuala Lumpur-
Penang flights on Friday, Nov. 28, Antara reported.

"The provincial administration of Aceh regrets the incident,
which has also caused us harm," head of the provincial tourist
office, Ramli Dahlan, said here yesterday.

Dahlan said an anonymous letter received by Pelangi Airways
threatened that its planes would be exploded if it insisted on
landing at the Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport here Friday.

He said investigations are underway to determine whether the
letter was sent from here, Medan or Pekanbaru, which Pelangi
Airways also serves.

Dahlan said he hoped the airline would not be affected by the
threat, which he said was made by irresponsible people.

He added that the provincial government has sent the airline a
letter assuring its safety in Aceh.

Pelangi Airways opened the Kuala Lumpur-Penang-Banda Aceh
route in November 1994 but stopped serving it last September due
to the lack of aircraft.