Afrigather A BOMB scare at Victoria Falls Worldwide Airport has pressured President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Falcon 7X plane to be turned again to Harare.
Mnangagwa was anticipated to attend the closing ceremony of a convention being held within the resort city.
In an announcement presidential spokesperson George Charamba stated airport authorities had been made conscious of an electronic mail despatched by way of Fastjet Airways by an unknown person who there had been “credible bomb/firearm menace” concentrating on Zimbabwean airports.
Charamba added “As a precaution, the nation’s safety programs are actually on heightened alert following this message who supply and credibility can also be being investigated.
“Whereas our nation is peaceable, and all our ports are effectively secured, such alerts on doable terrorist assaults are taken and handled very severely, as nothing needs to be left to probability”.
In an earlier report, on-line publication ZimLive had reported that “Plane failing to land at Victoria Falls. Kenyan Airways flight from Nairobi pressured to carry for a number of minutes earlier than diverting to Livingstone. President Mnangagwa’s Falcon 7X returning to Robert Gabriel Mugabe Worldwide Airport. He is because of attend closing ceremony of renewable power convention”.
One other Kenyan Airways flight coming from Nairobi was pressured to divert to Livingstone, Zambia.
Some passengers had been barred from disembarking as authorities investigated the menace.
Mnangagwa survived a bomb blast at White Metropolis Stadium on 23 June 2018 in what was interpreted by Zanu PF as an assassination try.
Two safety particulars later succumbed to accidents days later.
