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This is an archive article published on November 30, 2009
Hoax call holds up IndiGo flight at airport
Security agencies and airport officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday had a tough time after a threat call was made about a bomb on an Indigo Airlines flight.
Written by Express News Service
New Delhi | November 30, 2009 03:16 AM IST
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Security agencies and airport officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Sunday had a tough time after a threat call was made about a bomb on an Indigo Airlines flight. Intensive checking of the flight was conducted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF),the Delhi Police and airport officials.
According to an official,an unidentified person called the IndiGo Airlines call centre and informed about a possible bomb threat.
The flight,IndiGo 307, was to leave for Hyderabad from Delhi at 8.55 pm and it had 164 passengers on board when the call was made.
The caller informed that a few men in the flight were equipped with arms and ammunition,said the official. The flight was taken to the airports isolation bay and a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee conducted a security analysis. The Delhi Police,meanwhile,is trying to trace the caller who had called from a PCO in Delhi. Officials at the airport said the call seems to be a hoax since nothing was found on the flight till late in the evening.
The caller identified himself as Mubarak.
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