Ibiza Airport is closed after Ryanair passenger 'made bomb threat' moments before take-off

Ibiza Airport has been forced into shutdown after a bomb threat on a Ryanair flight was reported.

While sources have reported the bomb threat on a flight from Ibiza to Milan, authorities are yet to confirm this.  

Normal operations were suspended for nearly an hour this afternoon and some flights are understood to have been diverted to other airports like Palma Airport in Majorca.

It was not immediately clear if any British holidaymakers had been affected, though video taken near one of the airport's runways showed passengers being taken off a Ryanair plane. 

Police are believed to have arrested a man on a Ryanair flight heading to Milan Bergamo Airport who claimed he was carrying a bomb as the plane was about to take off.

No landings or take-offs occurred for nearly an hour after the alarm was sounded just after 3.30pm.

Flight operations were suspended from around 3.45pm to 4.30pm local time, and have since been restored, but delays are expected to continue for much of the afternoon as a result of the disruption. 

According to data from FlightRadar, Ibiza Airport is experiencing an average delay of 70 minutes for departures, and 40 minutes for arrivals, at time of publication. 

A spokesperson for Spanish airport operator AENA said: 'There has been a security incident on a plane at Ibiza Airport and the Civil Guard has taken charge of the situation.

'Normal flight operations at the airport were suspended for around 45 minutes.'

He said he wasn't in a position to say how many flights had been affected, though FlightRadar data shows that 84 departures and 34 arrivals have so far been delayed today, while a further three arrivals were cancelled outright. 

It is not known how many were directly affected by the disruption caused by the alleged bomb threat. 

Earlier this month a storm caused flight chaos at Majorca's Palma Airport, forcing the suspension of flights for around two hours during a downpour that flooded parts of the inside of the terminal. 

One pilot was filmed aborting his landing at the last minute after facing 'zero visibility' during his approach to the airport.

MailOnline has contacted Ryanair for comment.  

More to follow.