Bomb scare on 6 international flights in Delhi and Bengaluru a hoax, no threat found: CISF

The aviation authorities late on Friday night received bomb threat calls for as many as six international flights in Delhi and Bengaluru. However, the call was found to be a hoax following a thorough search by security personnel.

The Bengaluru police have also identified the caller, and is likely to question him soon.

Confirming that the call was a hoax, CISF said that no bomb was found on any of the flights, and that they were cleared.

Earlier, one call was received at the Gurgaon call centre of GMR, which runs the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital, late on Friday night. The caller threatened that there were bombs on three international flights - flight number 9W078 to Hong Kong, flight no CX694 also to Hong Kong and flight no LX147 to Zurich.

The first two flights to Hong Kong had departed while the flight to Zurick was on taxiway when the call was received. The two flights were called back and the departure of the third flight was aborted.

Meanwhile, there was a threat call to three flights in Bengaluru – Air France, Lufthansa and Haj Flights.

Reports said that it was the same caller who made threat calls to Delhi and Bengaluru flights.

"The Bomb Threat Assessment Committee declared threat as

specific at 2 am. Both the Jet Airways and Cathay flights were

called back and taken to isolation bay after landing under

emergency conditions. Swiss Air flight which was on-ground was

also sent to isolation bay," sources said.

PTI said that the emergency was called off at 2:40 AM.

"Jet Airways flight 9W078, which departed from Delhi at

0127 hrs for Hong Kong, returned to Delhi due to security

reasons. The aircraft with 194 guests and 12 crew on board

landed safely in Delhi at 0224 hrs.

"All guests and crew disembarked without any incident and

were taken to the airport terminal. Safety of our guests is

our number one priority. We regret the inconvenience caused to

the guests," said a statement issued by the airline.

Some Air India flights from Delhi airport were delayed due to bomb threat call last evening. "Call was made to Air India control room at 9 PM yesterday. Though the threat was non-specific, as a precaution some flights were checked. The caller has been traced," said PTI.

Services at Delhi airport are normal and all flights are

landing and departing on time.

(With PTI Inputs)