Bomb hoax delays campaign team

Bomb hoax delays campaign team

SURABAYA: A bomb hoax inflicted a one-hour delay on the flight
carrying members of the campaign team of presidential candidate
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday.

Juanda airport officials asked passengers, including Lt. Gen.
(ret) Sudi Silalahi, businessman Setiawan Djody and poet W.S.
Rendra, to alight from Garuda Indonesia flight GA 321.

However, the airport's officer in charge, Sutadi, denied the
bomb threat. "There was no bomb threat. Passengers were asked to
evacuate the plane due to a technical problem."

Rumors of a bomb planted on the aircraft circulated quickly
via Short Messaging Service text messages.

Garuda spokesmen Pudjobroto refused to comment.

The flight, on the Surabaya to Jakarta route, was scheduled to
take off at 4 p.m. --Antara