Streets closed as pipe bomb found

POLICE have issued a public safety warning after a suspected pipe bomb was discovered at a car dealership on the Gold Coast this morning.

Police were called about 8.30am to the car dealership in Robina near Christine Avenue.

A Queensland Police spokesperson said a suspicious looking item, possibly a pipe bomb, had been found.

Police have initiated the public safety declaration act and are asking people to stay away from the area while they investigate the situation.

The Crestway, Christine Avenue and the western side of the loop road to Brabham Circuit are affected.

Fire crews and ambulances are on standby.

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Plane skids off runway, airport closed

Teams of Czech and Polish experts are working to free a Czech Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field. Picture: AP Source: AP

AN airport spokesman says teams of experts are working to free a Boeing 737 airplane from a muddy field after it skidded off the runway while landing in Katowice, southern Poland.

The plane from the Czech Travel Service airline skidded late Tuesday and went some 20 meters off the Pyrzowice airport runway and ran into wet ground, where its front landing gear sank.

None of the 176 passengers and six crew members was hurt. They had arrived from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.

Airport spokesman Cezary Orzech said the airport remains closed while Czech experts work to pull the plane out.

All flights have been redirected to nearby Krakow.

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