Ibiza Airport is closed after Ryanair passenger ‘made bomb threat’ moments before take-off

• Ibiza Airport was shut down after a bomb threat on a Ryanair flight
• The threat was made by a passenger on the plane from Ibiza to Milan 
• Airport operations were suspended for nearly an hour  

Ibiza Airport has been closed because of a bomb alert

The false alarm led to normal operations being suspended for nearly an hour this afternoon and some flights are understood to have been diverted to other airports like Palma Airport in Majorca.

It was not immediately clear if any British holidaymakers had been affected.

Police are believed to have arrested a man on a Ryanair flight heading to Milan Bergamo Airport who claimed he was carrying a bomb as the plane was about to take off.

No landings or take-offs occurred for nearly an hour after the alarm was sounded just after 3.30pm.

Flight operations were suspended from around 3.45pm to 4.30pm local time.

A spokesman for Spanish airport operator Aena said: ‘There has been a security incident on a plane at Ibiza Airport and the Civil Guard has taken charge of the situation.

‘Normal flight operations at the airport were suspended for around 45 minutes.’

He said he wasn’t in a position to say how many flights had been affected.

The incident is thought to have had knock-on effects in terms of delays for outgoing flights.

Earlier this month a storm caused flight chaos at Majorca’s Palma Airport, forcing the suspension of flights for around two hours during a downpour that flooded parts of the inside of the terminal.

One pilot was filmed aborting his landing at the last minute after facing ‘zero visibility’ during his approach to the airport.