Three flights – an Air India and two IndiGo flights – have received bombs threats since morning on Monday (October 14).
An Air India flight operating from Mumbai to New York was diverted to Delhi following a security concern arising out of bomb threat. The Air India Mumbai-JFK AI119 was stationed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
A senior police officer told PTI that the threat was received through a tweet and is being verified.
An Air India spokesperson said, “Flight AI119 operating from Mumbai to JFK on October 14 received a specific security alert and on instructions of the government’s security regulatory committee was diverted to Delhi. All passengers have disembarked and are at the Delhi airport terminal. Our colleagues on the ground are making sure to minimise the inconvenience caused to our guests by this unexpected disruption.”
The Indigo Mumbai-Muscat 6E1275 and Indigo Mumbai-Jeddah 6E56 flights also received bomb threat.
Further details are awaited.
