IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Jaipur after receving hoax bomb threat

Jaipur: An IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow from Dammam in Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport after receiving a bomb threat.

According to Jaipur police, a bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and sniffer dogs checked the plane and no suspicious object was found.

Station House officer (SHO) of Jaipur Airport Police Station, Sandeep Basera also confirmed that the 175 passengers were safely boarded back onto the plane after the plane was inspected.

"Regarding flight number 098, going from Dammam to Lucknow, we received a threat mail of having a bomb in the flight and hence it was diverted and emergency landing was made at Jaipur airport. With the help of the BDDS team and sniffer dogs, the plane was checked but no suspicious object was found. Passengers are now boarding the plane. 175 passengers were on the plane," Basera told ANI on Tuesday.

Sources in CISF confirmed that a total of 10 bomb threats were posted on social media on Monday and Tuesday.

"We have identified and suspended several accounts that were posting threats on social media regarding bombs in airplanes. It has been informed some threats were originated from London and from other countries," said a senior police officer.

"In the last 24 hours, we have received several bomb threats in many sectors. We are taking up all the calls and also informed concerned police officers regarding the threat to identify the person behind it," said an officer in airport security.

A senior officer in airport security said that every threat is important to them and they can ignore it as it is a matter of passengers' safety.

"After we receive a threat, we inform airlines and the concerned security officer at the airport for further procedure," the officer said.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation also convened a high-level meeting following the threats. According to the sources Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu held a meeting with the Bureau of Civil Aviation, CISF, and other senior officials in airport security.