<p>A Mumbai-Delhi Air India flight landed under emergency condition at Indira Gandhi International Airport following a bomb threat on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Soon after AI-888 took off from Mumbai at 7 pm, the Air India call centre there received an anonymous call.<br /><br />The caller said the aircraft was carrying baggage that had a bomb in it.<br /><br />The pilot of the Airbus A-319, carrying 117 passengers and six crew members, was asked by the Mumbai air traffic contol to land at the nearest airport. <br /><br />However, since it was nearing Delhi, the plane landed at IGI airport at 8.57 pm and was immediately taken to the isolation bay.<br /><br />The passengers were deboarded by 9.15 pm as police and security personnel searched the plane and the baggage for the explosive. <br /><br />Police said they are trying to trace the caller. From time to time, several airlines get hoax calls from unknown persons, claiming bomb threats.</p>
<p>A Mumbai-Delhi Air India flight landed under emergency condition at Indira Gandhi International Airport following a bomb threat on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Soon after AI-888 took off from Mumbai at 7 pm, the Air India call centre there received an anonymous call.<br /><br />The caller said the aircraft was carrying baggage that had a bomb in it.<br /><br />The pilot of the Airbus A-319, carrying 117 passengers and six crew members, was asked by the Mumbai air traffic contol to land at the nearest airport. <br /><br />However, since it was nearing Delhi, the plane landed at IGI airport at 8.57 pm and was immediately taken to the isolation bay.<br /><br />The passengers were deboarded by 9.15 pm as police and security personnel searched the plane and the baggage for the explosive. <br /><br />Police said they are trying to trace the caller. From time to time, several airlines get hoax calls from unknown persons, claiming bomb threats.</p>