Mud said whenever the person or persons are caught they will be prosecuted since the island has lost a considerable amount of monies with the threat and scare. Fire fighters, police, and ambulance personnel were dispatched to the Princess Juliana International Airport on Friday to search the entire building and its surroundings after someone called the Airport Towers telling them a bomb was placed at the airport. For the sake of safety and security management of PJIAE and the police closed St. Maarten Airspace for the area to be searched.
The airport was reopened on Saturday morning for regular services. Hundreds of passengers travelling on KLM, US Air and other airlines had to stay over on St. Maarten Friday evening due to the bomb threat. It is not yet clear if the airlines and other businesses are going to file civil cases against the perpetrator of this cowardly act.