The Indian Air Force (IAF) had to scramble fighters to intercept a China-bound Iranian plane following a bomb threat onboard the aircraft. The aircraft was moving towards the New Delhi airspace on Monday morning when the alert was sounded.
National security agencies received inputs about the possibility of a bomb onboard, which triggered an alert, reported ANI News. Following this, permission was not granted to the plane to land in New Delhi.
The report said the aircraft was headed to China as its final destination and was already inside the Indian airspace when the alert from the Indian Air Traffic Control was shared with the plane. Soon, IAF Su-30 MKI fighter jets from Punjab and Jodhpur airbases were scrambled to intercept the plane.
However, the nature of the bomb threat or the detail of the aircraft carrier is unknown. The aircraft is reportedly moving towards China at the time of filing this report, and authorities are closely monitoring it.
More details are awaited.
