NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was redirected to Delhi on Monday attributable to a bomb risk. Mumbai airport acquired a message on X (previously Twitter) concerning the risk. This prompted the flight to be diverted to Delhi after informing safety businesses.
Delhi Police confirmed that the plane is now at Indira Gandhi Worldwide (IGI) Airport.They’re following commonplace security protocols to make sure the protection of passengers and crew. Safety businesses are on excessive alert.
A senior police officer at Delhi airport stated, “We request your cooperation and chorus from spreading unverified info. Additional updates will likely be shared in the end.”
An Air India spokesperson stated, “Flight AI119 working Mumbai to JFK on October 14 acquired a selected safety alert and on directions of the federal government’s safety regulatory committee was diverted to Delhi. All passengers have disembarked and are on the Delhi airport terminal. Our colleagues on the bottom are ensuring to attenuate the inconvenience induced to our friends by this surprising disruption. Air India is dedicated to and accords prime precedence to the protection and safety of its passengers and crew.”
There have been a number of current bomb threats concentrating on airports, lots of which had been false. On October 5, Indore’s Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Worldwide Airport acquired a bomb risk e mail, resulting in an FIR. Equally, Vadodara Airport acquired a bomb risk e mail on the identical day, leading to an intensive search.
Authorities are investigating the matter and safety has been elevated following the risk.
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