<p>NEW DELHI: Panic gripped a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight on Monday morning after a printed note threatening about hijackers on board and a bomb placed in the plane was recovered.</p>.<p>The pilot initiated the hijack alert and diverted the flight to Ahmedabad airport where a thorough check was conducted.</p>.<p>No explosives were found in the plane, which took off from Mumbai at 2.55 am and landed at Ahmedabad airport at 3.45 am.</p>.<p>Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the mischief maker has been identified. "I am advising the airlines to put him on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action," Raju tweeted.</p>.<p>The airline said the pilot decided to divert following "declaration of emergency as per established security procedures, due to the detection of an onboard security threat".</p>.<p>"The aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad airport and was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 passengers and seven crew members were safely de-planed," the airline said.</p>.<p>The printed note in Urdu and English was found in the washroom of the plane by a crew member.</p>.<p>"Flight No 9W-339 is covered by hijackers and aircraft should not be land (sic) and flown straight to PoK (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir). Twelve people on board. If you put landing fear you will hear the noise of people dying. Don't take it as a joke. Cargo area contains an explosive bomb and will blast if you land in Delhi," the note said.</p>.<p>The passengers took off for Delhi at around 10.30 am after all the passengers de-planed, screened and photographed. The fliers were questioned by security personnel.</p>.<p>"Jet Airways is extending full cooperation to the security agencies who are investigating the matter and is not in a position to comment further at this stage," the airlines said.</p>.<p>DH News Service</p>
<p>NEW DELHI: Panic gripped a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight on Monday morning after a printed note threatening about hijackers on board and a bomb placed in the plane was recovered.</p>.<p>The pilot initiated the hijack alert and diverted the flight to Ahmedabad airport where a thorough check was conducted.</p>.<p>No explosives were found in the plane, which took off from Mumbai at 2.55 am and landed at Ahmedabad airport at 3.45 am.</p>.<p>Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the mischief maker has been identified. "I am advising the airlines to put him on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action," Raju tweeted.</p>.<p>The airline said the pilot decided to divert following "declaration of emergency as per established security procedures, due to the detection of an onboard security threat".</p>.<p>"The aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad airport and was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 passengers and seven crew members were safely de-planed," the airline said.</p>.<p>The printed note in Urdu and English was found in the washroom of the plane by a crew member.</p>.<p>"Flight No 9W-339 is covered by hijackers and aircraft should not be land (sic) and flown straight to PoK (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir). Twelve people on board. If you put landing fear you will hear the noise of people dying. Don't take it as a joke. Cargo area contains an explosive bomb and will blast if you land in Delhi," the note said.</p>.<p>The passengers took off for Delhi at around 10.30 am after all the passengers de-planed, screened and photographed. The fliers were questioned by security personnel.</p>.<p>"Jet Airways is extending full cooperation to the security agencies who are investigating the matter and is not in a position to comment further at this stage," the airlines said.</p>.<p>DH News Service</p>
