Release Ajmal Kasab,or Jet Airways plane will be hijacked: caller to airliner

A hijack threat call delayed the departure of a Jet Airways flight from here to Bangalore this afternoon.

According to sources,the airline received a threat with the caller saying that unless the Mumbai attack terror convict Ajmal Kasab was not released,the aircraft would be hijacked.

The Mumbai-Bangalore flight 2301 was delayed by over two hours after a call centre of the carrier received an anonymous call that the aircraft would be hijacked,Mumbai airport sources said.

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The call was received around 3:40 pm,30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the flight with around 50 passengers and crew.

The aircraft was moved to a remote parking bay and checks were being carried out as per the standard operating procedure,the sources said.

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