Security agencies has recieved a call saying there was a bomb on board the plane.
Highlights
- Bomb scare grounds Jaipur-Gorakhpur Jet Airways flight at Delhi Airport
- Hoax caller claimed there was a bomb on board Jet flight No 9W 2647
- Passengers deboarded and plane thoroughly checked. No bomb found.
A Gorakhpur-bound flight of the Jet Airways was on Thursday held up at Delhi Airport following a hoax call that claimed there was a bomb on board.
"A call regarding a bomb in the Jaipur-Gorakhpur Jet flight was received at around 12.08 pm at the office of Gorakhpur Air Director. The Jet flight No 9W 2647, which was scheduled to land at 3.30 pm in Gorakhpur, was detained at Delhi airport and thoroughly checked," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI) Dinesh Kumar Gupta.
Mr Gupta said that following the phone call, the flight landed at Delhi Airport and all the passengers were deboarded and the necessary checking was done.
The flight landed in Delhi at 12.57 pm with 61 passenger and four crew members on board.
"All passenger were Delhi-bound and have since left," Mr Gupta added.