JAKARTA
, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's flagship carrier airline Garuda Indonesia immediately evacuated 89 passengers out of the plane on Wednesday after Garuda's management received a bomb threat on the plane serving a flight from Manado
, North Sulawesi
, to Jakarta
, local media reported here. Garuda Indonesia senior manager Ikhsan Rosan said that the plane landed in the airport at 16:10 local time. He said that the bomb threat said the bomb would be detonated 30 minutes before the plane lands in Jakarta."We received the bomb threat through our office in Manado through a facsimile," he said
, adding that there was no clear identification on the fax sender.Similar faxes were also received by several media about the bomb that already set in the plane
, the largest news portal the detik.com reported.Ikhsan said that Garuda responded to the threat seriously by evacuating the passengers along with 7 crew members of the plane immediately. They were transported by an airport bus and were placed in a secured place.A team of police bomb squad Gegana combed the plane after the bomb parked away from other planes and airport traffic.Further investigation on the bomb threat received by the Garuda Indonesia's plane is underway at the moment.
