Indigo faces bomb scare

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:25 [IST]

Kolkata, Mar 11 (UNI) An Indigo flight from Kolkata to Nagpur returned to the Dum Dum Airport following a bomb hoax.

Official sources said, the flight returned after an anonymous caller told the Air Traffic Control that that there was bomb aboard the Indigo flight.

Soon after, the aircraft landed. The passengers were evacuated and the security agencies, including those of bomb detection and disposal squad, searched the aircraft.

However, nothing was found. The passengers were also put through the security drill as the called also claimed that there were extremists on the flight, airport sources said.

UNI

Topics: AIRLINES-INDIGO-HOAX

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