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Stockholm-Västerås Airport, also known as Västerås Airport or Hässlö Flygplats (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) is located at the city Västerås, and about 110 km (68 mi) west of Stockholm, Sweden. It is located far outside the Stockholm city and Stockholm county, but uses the name Stockholm-Västerås anyway.
Travel from the airport to Stockholm Central Station may be done via Flygbussarna, a private bus coach service, and takes approximately one and one-half hours. Tickets cost SEK 130.
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- On September 1, 2002, the Ryanair Flight 685 from the Stockholm-Västerås Airport to London Stansted was delayed by several hours after a Swedish man of Arabic descent was detained after attempting to board the aircraft with a loaded gun in his hand luggage. Subsequent media reports suggested that he was going to hijack the aircraft and crash it into the United States Embassy in London[1]; however, Sweden's Security Service, Säpo, denied the claims and called the reports "false information" [2]. No confirmation of these allegations was found in the following police investigation and trial [3] and the man was cleared of all terrorism-related charges [4]. The man said that he usually carries a gun and forgot to remove it from his handbag before this journey.
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- ^ The Guardian
- ^ "Hijack suspect had flight training in US", The Independent, 2002-09-01. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- ^ DNet
- ^ "Sweden drops hijack inquiry", BBC News, 2002-10-30. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
