Around 10 flights of Indigo Airlines received bomb threats in India a day after at least 34 people were killed and over 200 injured in Tuesday’s explosions at the main airport of Brussels and in a Metro station in Belgium. One of the flights among the three was 6E 853 (Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi). Major airports in the country have been on high alert after the recent terror attack at the Brussels’ airport. “All the passengers are safe”, the airline said.
Bomb scare on 10 IndiGo flights (including 6E 853). The planes, which were mentioned by the caller, were isolated and subject to extensive checks.
“We are actively engaged in working very closely with the concerned agencies”. The warning was issued from the Jet Airways office in Delhi after the private carrier’s call centre received an anonymous call that said the planes were carrying bombs. “All our passengers are safe”.
Grounding and checking a flight would cost an airline Rs 7 lakh every hour.
One of these, a New Delhi to Chennai flight, scheduled for take-off at 4.05 pm, was left stranded at IGI Airport, the DNA report added.
At this point of time search is on and no officials statement has been given by the authorities and had not yet confirmed whether the threat was real or a hoax.