Terror scare: Spicejet flight makes ‘priority’ landing

The aircraft was immediately taken to an isolation bay and was surrounded by CISF personnel,the bomb squad,fire brigade and the police,the sources said.

The burqa-clad passenger and another person sitting next to her were offloaded and the aircraft searched,the sources said.

The burqa-clad passenger,however,turned out to be a woman,the sources said.

Her large physique made the crew suspect that she was actually a man and since her identity could not be verified on board,the pilot asked for permission from the ATC to make a priority landing,the sources said.

She along with another passenger were being questioned.

Flights at the airport remained unaffected.