A probe has been launched after authorities received a hoax bomb threat on a flight from Moscow to Delhi. The plane landed safely on the runway, and the passengers and crew were evacuated.
"A call about a bomb in the flight coming from Moscow to Delhi was received last night. The flight landed in Delhi at around 3.20 am. All passengers and crew members were deboarded. Flight is being checked and investigation is underway," Delhi Police sources were quoted by ANI.
The Flight No Su 232 from Moscow had 386 passengers and 16 crew members on board. An email about the bomb onboard was received at 11.15 pm on Thursday. Following this, security agencies were put on alert and security in the airport was also beefed up. By 2.30 pm, bomb disposal squads and rescue teams arrived on the spot. The plane landed safely.
This incident comes just weeks after the Indian Air Force scrambled Su-30MKI fighter jets to shadow an Iranian Mahan Air flight from Tehran to Guangzhou in China following a bomb threat. On receiving the inputs from Lahore’s Air Traffic Control, authorities monitored the flight until it left the Indian airspace (ATC) about a possible bomb threat, which turned out to be false.