Bomb threat on Air India flight triggers ‘emergency’ at Thiruvananthapuram airport
Thiruvananthapuram airport news: The flight landed at the airport around 8am and was directed to an isolation bay and passengers were safely evacuated.
airport sources say, the flight full of 135 passengers landed safely at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay
Thiruvananthapuram: A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport today following a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai, airport sources said.
The flight with 135 passengers landed safely at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay, they said.
Passengers were safely evacuated from the flight by 8.44 am, they said.
The bomb threat was communicated by the pilot at 7.30 am as the aircraft approached the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the sources said.
Subsequently, full emergency was declared at the airport at 7.36 am, they said.
“There has been no impact on life. Airport operations are currently uninterrupted,” the sources said.
Details on the origin of the threat and other information are awaited, they added.
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