Hoax bomb call delays Mumbai-bound flight at Delhi's IGI Airport

NEW DELHI: A Mumbai-bound Vistara Airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai was delayed by about two hours after a passenger said she overheard a fellow traveller speaking about a bomb in his bag, a claim that was later declared a hoax, sources said Thursday.


A designated committee of multiple security, intelligence, airport operations and aviation agencies was convened at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport around 6pm on Wednesday to ascertain this claim reported for flight no UK-941 which was scheduled to depart at 4.55pm, they said.

The passenger reported to the airline crew that she overheard a male passenger saying to someone on phone that the "CISF could not detect the bomb that was in my bag", sources said.

The crew, sources said, immediately informed the security following which the flight's take off was delayed and an anti-sabotage sweep was carried out in the terminal area and the check-in baggage even as the overall security apparatus was put on an "alert" mode.

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