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It went dramatically in the airport in Tirana on Tuesday afternoon.
The typing of several local media in Albania.
The wild coup took place at 15.00 local time, as passengers on a flight from Tirana to Vienna had just the board. While they sat and waited for it to come off, arrived a number of heavily armed men. And so it went otherwise strong.
the Staff were threatened with weapons, and the aircraft was quickly emptied of cash, while passengers so open-mouthed to, before the perpetrators fled again.
for the Albanian media Politiko confirms spokeswoman for Austrian Airlines, Tanja Gruber, one of their aircraft was robbed, while the staff was in the process of filling the luggage in the cargo hold.
– Boardingen had just taken place, but there was no danger to passengers or staff on board, she says.
Here attacks the perpetrators and threatened them to deliver the many millions. Local media report about an amount of up to 80 million crowns, while the other writes that were robbed in the region of 15-20 million dollars
the Reason that the passenger plane was filled with cash, is that the Albanian banks do not receive hard currency (attractive passable currency, therefore there is sought after. For example, dollars red.). Therefore, they are forced to send them out of the country.
After the coup fled the perpetrators, but the police quickly got on the track of them. It developed to the firefight, and police were reportedly attacked with AK47 rifles and grenades.
Police responded, and one perpetrator lost his life. He was allegedly found in a ditch, after he had been thrown out of the car by his friends.
the Attackers then drove away from the airport and attacked Police officers with grenades and AK47 rounds. In the exchange of fire, one attacker has been killed and was thrown inside a ditch by his comrades.
— Vincent Triest (@VincentTriest) 9. april 2019
The first news was that four suspects were arrested, while 40 people were questioned by the police.
But the police later stated that the robbers are still at large, but their vehicle has been found.
Police is currently at the burned out van that was used to steal the money. pic.twitter.com/Nk1lpVQW9I
— Vincent Triest (@VincentTriest) 9. april 2019
It remains unclear as to how it managed the perpetrators to break through security at the airport, but it is not the first time. Two times in the past, there have been robberies at the airport in the Albanian airport.
Austrian Airlines has now announced that they will no longer accept that as large sums of money will be transported in their aircraft.
the Flight from Tirana to Vienna was delayed for three hours.