Image showing the Hubballi airport.
Credit: DH File Photo
Hubballi: Panic gripped the Hubballi airport on Sunday after authorities received a hoax bomb threat email.
Soon after the airport officials noticed the email, they alerted the security, following which a bomb detection and defusal squad, along with sniffer dogs, rushed to the airport, and conducted a thorough search. However, no suspicious articles were found on the airport premises.
Hubballi Airport Director Rupesh Kumar said soon after they received the bomb threat email, security at the airport was beefed up and they held a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee meeting and apprised higher authorities of the same. A complaint will be filed with police on Monday.
A source said such an email was sent to more than 20 airports across the country including Hubballi, Mangaluru, Mysuru and Balagavi airports.