THREE INTERNATIONAL flights from Mumbai — two operated by IndiGo and one by Air India — acquired bomb threats on Monday, inflicting delays and a diversion. All of the three threats have been discovered to be hoax, in line with sources.
A bomb scare additionally affected the Mumbai-Howrah Mail prepare. That risk, too, was discovered to be pretend and the prepare was allowed to proceed its journey.
Air India flight AI 119 from Mumbai to New York with 239 passengers and 19 crew was diverted mid-air to Delhi early Monday following a bomb risk, which was acquired by way of X. The flight has now been rescheduled for early Tuesday from Delhi.
IndiGo’s Mumbai-Muscat and Mumbai-Jeddah flights, which additionally acquired bomb threats, have been delayed by a number of hours as a result of requisite safety protocol.
“Flight AI 119 working Mumbai to JFK (New York’s John F Kennedy airport) on October 14 acquired a safety alert and on directions of the federal government’s safety regulatory committee was diverted to Delhi,” an Air India spokesperson stated Monday. “We verify that every one 239 passengers and 19 crew have disembarked and are at present present process safety procedures… Our employees on floor are ensuring to minimise the inconvenience precipitated to our visitors by this surprising disruption. Friends can be moved to motels as soon as safety protocols are accomplished. The flight has been rescheduled to the morning of October 15.”
Air India’s Boeing 777 plane departed Mumbai for New York at 2.27 am and landed round one-and-a-half hours late. Passengers have been made to deplane round 4.10 am, however have been requested to go away their luggage on board.
IndiGo’s Mumbai-Muscat flight scheduled to depart Mumbai at 2 am ultimately took off at 9.12 am, whereas the Mumbai-Jeddah flight was delayed by over 11 hours as an alternative of its scheduled departure at 2.05 am.
Relating to the pretend bomb risk to the Mumbai-Howrah prepare, Central Railway spokesperson Swapnil Nila stated: “The Mumbai-Howrah Mail was detained at Jalgaon railway station at 4.15 am… As Jalgaon was the prepare’s subsequent scheduled cease, railway authorities halted the prepare and performed a radical seek for explosives. No suspicious objects have been discovered, and the prepare was cleared to proceed its journey.”
