An Aerolíneas Argentinas air hostess has been arrested for allegedly making a call warning that a bomb had been placed on the company’s flight from Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini (Ezeiza) airport to Miami on Sunday 21, which was delayed for over nine hours. Aerolíneas Argentinas sources told Télam news agency that Lomas de Zamora Federal Court is carrying out an investigation led by judge Federico Villena. Ultimately, after confirming that the threat was fake, the flight took off at 4:50 p.m, more than nine hours late. According to sources in the investigation, the threat consisted of a voice message that said: “Tell the captain that we’ve put three bombs on the Miami [flight]. Between the operation to evacuate passengers, reprogramming the flight to Miami, and the delays involved, Aerolíneas Argentinas reportedly suffered a loss of more than a million dollars.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald May 29, 2023 18:38 UTC