Srinagar Airport on High Alert After Bomb Threat - Indigo Flight
Srinagar Airport was put on high alert after a hoax bomb threat was received regarding an Indigo flight from Mumbai. The threat was deemed a hoax after a thorough search.
Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
Srinagar, Oct 22 (PTI) The security grid at Srinagar International Airport on Tuesday went on high alert mode after a hoax call about a possible bomb threat, officials said.
The officials said a call was received at the Srinagar airport about a bomb in the Indigo flight that had arrived here from Mumbai.
The authorities carried out a thorough search of the flight which was scheduled to take off for Delhi via Jammu at around 5.20 pm.
"However, it turned out to be a hoax," a senior official of Airport Authority of India here said.
The official said the hoax call did not affect the flight operations.
The officials said a call was received at the Srinagar airport about a bomb in the Indigo flight that had arrived here from Mumbai.
The authorities carried out a thorough search of the flight which was scheduled to take off for Delhi via Jammu at around 5.20 pm.
"However, it turned out to be a hoax," a senior official of Airport Authority of India here said.
The official said the hoax call did not affect the flight operations.
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