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A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Jaipur landed in Mumbai on Monday under full emergency conditions after a bomb threat.
According to a PTI report, citing sources, the flight landed safely at around 8.50 pm and the aircraft was taken to a remote bay for a thorough check as part of security protocols.
A police official separately said there were 225 passengers besides crew members on board the aircraft, where nothing suspicious was found in the search carried out so far.
“A full emergency was declared for IndiGo flight 6E 5324 from Jaipur to Mumbai of April 7 due to a bomb threat,” PTI quoted a source as saying.
The police official said a note about “bomb” threat to the flight was found inside the rear lavatory of the aircraft.
“A bomb is waiting for you, not a joke”, was written on the note, he said.
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in a statement said, “A threat note was discovered in an aircraft en route from Jaipur (JAI) to Mumbai (BOM). As a precaution, full emergency was declared at Mumbai Airport at 2043 hrs. The flight landed safely at 2050 hrs. Airport operations remain unaffected.”
“CSMIA is actively coordinating with the airline and security agencies. The safety of passengers and staff remains our top priority,” it added.
With inputs from agencies