All passengers were brought down from a plane at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after a man started shouting before take-off that there was a "bomb in the aircraft", airport sources said today.
The Qatar Airways flight to London from Kolkata via Doha with 541 passengers on board was getting ready for take-off at 3:29 am today when one passenger started shouting that there was a "bomb in the plane", the sources told Press Trust of India.
The airline crew immediately informed the CISF (airport security personnel).
All the passengers were brought down from the plane and the aircraft was thoroughly searched by police with sniffer dogs but nothing was found, the sources told Press Trust of India.
The CISF detained the passenger who shouted "bomb in the aircraft" and questioned him. During interrogation, the man said that another passenger on the plane told him that there was a "bomb in the plane".
The father of the detained man was called to the Airport police station. The father showed some medical documents to police which stated that his son was undergoing treatment for mental illness.
More details awaited.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Video: Kolkata Airport Flooded, Planes Parked On Waterlogged Taxiways "Bomb In There?" Comment By Passenger Delays Kolkata-Pune Flight Video: Influencer Dances To Bollywood Song At Kolkata Airport, Internet Calls It ''Embarrassing'' 9 Dead, 2,800 Hurt As Pagers Explode Across Lebanon, Hezbollah Blames Israel 'Pager Bombs' Target Hezbollah In Lebanon. What We Know So Far - 5 Points IndiGo Flight Tailstrike Leaves Huge Dent During Take-Off From Delhi Airport PM Modi To Visit US For Quad Summit, Attend UN Assembly From September 21-24 Ground Report: Central Forces' Canteens Open To Public In Violence-Hit Manipur Air India To Give $400 Million Makeover To Over Half Of Its Fleet Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.