The authorities report that they received a report about an explosive device on the plane at 13:00 (local time). After landing, the more than 300 passengers of flight KL755 were evacuated and a search took place, which also included police activity in the terminal. Shortly after 5 p.m., the police announced that no explosives had been found on the plane.
A spokesman for KLM says: “In consultation with the authorities in Ecuador, it has been decided to carry out an extra safety check of passengers and cargo as a precaution before we fly back to Amsterdam via Quayaquil.” on the security issue.
According to the Ecuadorian newspaper Diario Expreso, 98 percent of the bomb threats made in Quito are false.