Vistara Frankfurt-Mumbai flight gets bomb threat
Another two aircraft also received such threats on Thursday, bringing the total number of warnings in four days to 20.
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Vistara Airlines’ Frankfurt-Mumbai flight, with 134 passengers and 13 crew on board, made an emergency landing in Mumbai at 7.45 am on Thursday after a bomb threat, reported PTI.
Another two aircraft – an Air India flight from Mumbai to London and an IndiGo flight operating from Istanbul to Mumbai – also received bomb threats during the day.
This took the total number of bomb threats received by Indian air carriers to 20 in four days.
Vistara’s Boeing 787 aircraft was isolated and subjected to a security check on arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. “We are fully cooperating with the security agencies to complete the mandatory security checks,” Vistara stated.
The Air India flight from Mumbai to London declared an emergency onboard after receiving a bomb threat an hour before landing, NDTV reported.
In the third incident on Thursday, IndiGo’s 6E 18 from Istanbul to Mumbai received a security-related alert, the airline said. “Upon landing, the aircraft was isolated, and all passengers were safely disembarked,” it added.
On Wednesday, an Akasa Air aircraft en route to Bengaluru from Delhi returned to the national capital after receiving a bomb threat.
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