Sniffer dogs and security patrols and were deployed at more than dozens of Philippine airports on Friday, after the aviation regulator received a bomb threat against commercial airplanes.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said that it was probing the threat obtained through email caution that an airplane at Manila airport and four others would “explode”.
The regulator said that 42 commercial airports “are on heightened alert as of today, October 6”, without saying when the bomb warning was received.
In a statement, it said, “Immediate enhanced security measures are being implemented across all airports.”
“No bombs have been found, ” Eric Apolonio, spokesman for the aviation authority, told AFP.
He said that no flights were disrupted after increased security measures at the airports.
The Manila airport authority said on Friday that “foot and mobile patrols are in place and K9 units are doing the rounds of the terminals as added measures to its already established day-to-day protocols”.
