Mainland passenger may be Hong Kong-bound with bomb, Taiwan warns

A mainland woman might be planning to board a flight from the mainland to Hong Kong with a bomb, Taiwanese authorities have warned.

Taiwan's airport police are on alert after receiving the intelligence from the island's National Security Bureau.

A source in Taiwan's airport police said the intelligence described the woman as being long-haired and that she might board a Dragonair or Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong today or tomorrow. The intelligence gave no further details.

Jeff Sun Jianfeng, vice-president of Hong Kong Airlines, confirmed that the airline had responded to the threat by sending an alert to all ground staff, cabin crew and pilots.

The document reads: "Information received that a Security THREAT might occur on flights to/from China and Hong Kong on the coming 2 days.

"[All] flights to/from China and Hong Kong on 06-07Jun2014 are required to apply for Enhanced Flight Deck Entry/Exit Procedure and crews are required to raise their awareness of in-flight security."

But Sun said it was only a "low-level" alert.