Full emergency alert at Mumbai Airport after bomb threat note on Vistara flight
The Hindu
Mumbai-bound Vistara flight receives bomb threat, declares full emergency, lands safely, cooperates with security agencies.
A Mumbai-bound Vistara flight with 306 persons onboard from Paris received a bomb threat after which a full emergency was declared at the city airport prior to its arrival in Mumbai, a source said.
The flight landed at 10:19 a.m. on Sunday, the source said.
Vistara on Sunday reported that its," flight UK 024 from Paris' Charles de Gualle airport to Mumbai received a handwritten note on an airsickness bag threatening a bomb," said the source.
Following this, full emergency was declared at 10:08 a.m., as per the source, who added that the flight landed at 10:19 a.m.
"There were 294 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Paris-Mumbai flight," the source said.
Vistara in a statement confirmed that "a security concern has been noted by our staff while onboard the airline's flight UK 024 operating from Paris to Mumbai on 2 June 2024."
Following the protocol, the airline immediately informed the relevant authorities, a Vistara spokesperson said in the statement.
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