The warning was issued by Jet Airways office in Delhi after its call centre received an anonymous call saying the planes had bombs on board.
Highlights
- All five flights have landed safely and undergone safety drill.
- No bomb found on board on any of the flights.
- Call that generated alarm traced to Chandigarh.
On the heels of the terror strikes at Brussels airport, a bomb alert was sounded for five Jet Airways flights after a phone call that later turned out to be hoax.
The warning was issued from the Jet Airways office in Delhi after the private carrier's call centre received an anonymous call that said the planes were carrying bombs on board.
But the call proved a hoax after all five flights landed safely and were found to be bomb free after a security drill.
The caller has been traced to Chandigarh, officials said.
The five flights included Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Dehradun-Mumbai, Delhi-Gorakhpur and 2 flights from Delhi to Chennai.
A high alert has been sounded in the key airports of India following the suicide attack at the Brussels airport in Belgium, in which 20 people have died.
Another attack near a metro station has killed 15 others. More than 80 people have been injured in the twin attacks.
Two members of the cabin crew of Jet Airways have been injured in the blasts at the Brussels airport. The city is the European hub for the airline, where four flights land daily.