Chilean authorities have evacuated passengers and crew from an Iberia airline flight to Madrid, Spain, following a bomb threat.

Authorities say a team from Chile's civil aviation agency have searched the airliner and ruled out the presence of explosives. Police investigators are trying to determine the origin of Sunday's threatening phone call.

The civil aviation agency says 312 people were removed from the plane after the police communication center received the threat shortly before the aircraft was to take off.

Officials say passengers have been taken to a nearby hotel and will be put on a new flight to Madrid on Monday.

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