Newspaper Correio da Manhã said that the alarm of a bomb threat was raised at around 10am.


The plane was preparing to fly between Oporto and Brussels and had 180 passengers and six crew on board.


According to the newspaper the place was searched and has since continued its journey.


In comments to The Portugal News, Ryanair explained: “This flight from Oporto to Brussels (9 Sep) was delayed ahead of take-off after a hoax bomb threat was received. Customers disembarked normally, the police carried out a security search and cleared the aircraft to return to service. Ryanair sincerely apologises to its customers for the consequent 2hr 45min delay.”