> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thecontrail.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # "Leave Your Bags on the Floor": Armed Police Swarm a Tokyo Flight in Sydney - URL: https://www.thecontrail.org/sydney-airport-threat-ana-flight/ - Published: 2026-11-06T03:31:31.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-06T03:44:12.000Z - Description: Passengers on ANA flight NH899 were lined up single file and held for hours after threats were sent to an airport. Nobody told them why. - Author: Zach Benitez - Tags: News, Breaking News Armed police met a Tokyo flight when it landed at Sydney Airport on Thursday night, after threats were sent to an airport, the Australian Federal Police said. It's the first time this week's wave of airport and airline threats appears to have reached Australia, after fake bomb threats hit dozens of flights across Europe in just a few days. The flight was All Nippon Airways NH899 from Tokyo, which landed around 8 p.m. Sydney time. Police haven't said what the threat was, which airport received it or whether it's connected to Europe, and nothing has been reported found. If police meet your flight What to Expect After a Threat 1**Stay seated and follow the crew.** Police usually board or meet the plane before anyone gets off. 2**Expect to leave your bags behind.** Passengers are often asked to put carry-ons down so dogs can check them. 3**Plan for hours, not minutes.** Keep medication, a charger and anything you can't be without on you, not in the overhead bin. 4**Missing a connection?** Tell the airline once you're off. If it's on one ticket, it has to rebook you. **No bomb has been found** on any plane targeted by this week's threats, in Europe or Australia. Source: Australian Federal Police, Contrail reportingContrail --- ## What Happened in Sydney The AFP said it carried out "precautionary searches after threats were sent to an airport" just after 6 p.m. on Thursday, about two hours before the ANA flight touched down. When it landed, armed officers were waiting. One passenger, Patrick Wild, told ABC News in Australia he counted five or six of them. Passengers were told to line up single file and leave their bags on the floor while a detection dog checked them. What was announced as a 20-minute wait on board turned into about an hour and a half, and travelers were then held near the duty-free shops for roughly another hour before they could collect their luggage. "At no point did we get any communication about what was going on," Wild said, which is about the least comforting thing you can hear after a nearly 10-hour flight. "The safety and security of Australian airports, passengers and airport staff is our priority," an AFP spokesperson said. ## Know Before You Fly What airlines tell investors usually shows up in your ticket price later. We read the numbers so you don't have to. Free in your inbox. Get Contrail Free Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. --- ## Is This Linked to Europe's Bomb Threats? Nobody has said so. Police haven't connected the Sydney search to Europe, and the details are still thin. But the timing is hard to ignore. Since Nov. 2, [fake bomb threats have hit dozens of passenger flights across Europe](https://www.thecontrail.org/europe-flight-bomb-threats-diverted/), including at least 27 on Thursday alone, according to Reuters. Fighter planes escorted flights in Hungary, Italy and France, and an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was sent to a French air base. Britain's transport secretary called them "malicious hoax threats," and an email allegedly sent by a Russian far-right group reportedly claimed some of them, though no government has confirmed that. It's also not the only strange thing happening right now. Hackers have been [switching off supermarket freezers in France](https://www.thecontrail.org/europe-cyberattack-flights/), and this week someone got into the freezers that store France's blood plasma. Officials haven't linked any of it, but it's made for a jumpy week at airports. --- ## Should You Worry About Flying? No. No bomb has been found on any plane targeted this week, and threats like these are built to cause disruption, not to hurt anyone. The real risk is a long, confusing delay, like the one the people on NH899 just sat through. If you're flying in the next few weeks, keep your essentials in your carry-on, keep your phone charged and book connecting flights on a single ticket, so the airline has to rebook you if a security check makes you miss the next one. And if police do meet your plane, the best thing you can do is exactly what they say. It's the fastest way off.