<p>Mischief-mongers had a field day on Wednesday with back-to-back calls threatening to blow up two aircraft held around 240 Kathmandu-bound fliers of Air India and Jet Airways at Delhi airport for seven hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was fortunately no bomb or explosives in the two aircraft but when Air India passengers boarded a separate plane to fly to Kathmandu after security clearance at around 5 pm, there was another threat call, resulting in further delay.<br /><br />Elsewhere, an AirAsia India flight from Bengaluru to Goa was also delayed by four hours after the crew of its Jaipur-Bengaluru flight “spotted bomb threat letter in the aircraft after landing” at the Kempegowda airport in the Karnataka capital but a search did not yield anything.<br /><br />In Delhi, all started with Jet Airways security office at Indira Gandhi International airport receiving an anonymous call, saying there was a “bomb threat” to Air India flight AI-215 and Jet Airways flight 9W 260. Air India was to take off at 1:10 pm with 121 passengers besides crew while Jet was to fly at 1:25 pm with 122 passengers and seven crew members. Soon after the call was received, the aircraft was halted and security officials took over.<br /><br />Both the aircraft were taken to the bay area, passengers deboarded and security personnel started screening baggage as well searching the aircraft.<br /><br />Air India decided to operate with another aircraft as security clearance for the aircraft was taking time and announced at 5 pm the departure of these passengers 30 minutes later. However, the take off did not happen as a second threat call was made.<br /><br />"DEL-KTM (Delhi-Kathmandu) has been further delayed due to a fresh threat call and will take off only after security clearances," Air India tweeted at 6:13 pm. The security checks continued and the aircraft finally took off at 7:50 pm after clearance. “DEL-KTM, which was delayed due to bomb threat, took off at 7:50 pm, with a change in aircraft after security clearances,” Air India tweeted.<br /><br />The Jet Airways flight took off at 8 pm. In a statement earlier in the day, Jet Airways said, its “flight 9W 260, scheduled to depart from Delhi for Kathmandu at 1:25 pm, has been delayed due to a security alert. All 122 guests and 7 crew have been taken to the departures waiting area at the airport”.<br /><br />The caller identified himself as Hafiz Azad from Istanbul. He said the bombs were kept in laptops.</p>
<p>Mischief-mongers had a field day on Wednesday with back-to-back calls threatening to blow up two aircraft held around 240 Kathmandu-bound fliers of Air India and Jet Airways at Delhi airport for seven hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was fortunately no bomb or explosives in the two aircraft but when Air India passengers boarded a separate plane to fly to Kathmandu after security clearance at around 5 pm, there was another threat call, resulting in further delay.<br /><br />Elsewhere, an AirAsia India flight from Bengaluru to Goa was also delayed by four hours after the crew of its Jaipur-Bengaluru flight “spotted bomb threat letter in the aircraft after landing” at the Kempegowda airport in the Karnataka capital but a search did not yield anything.<br /><br />In Delhi, all started with Jet Airways security office at Indira Gandhi International airport receiving an anonymous call, saying there was a “bomb threat” to Air India flight AI-215 and Jet Airways flight 9W 260. Air India was to take off at 1:10 pm with 121 passengers besides crew while Jet was to fly at 1:25 pm with 122 passengers and seven crew members. Soon after the call was received, the aircraft was halted and security officials took over.<br /><br />Both the aircraft were taken to the bay area, passengers deboarded and security personnel started screening baggage as well searching the aircraft.<br /><br />Air India decided to operate with another aircraft as security clearance for the aircraft was taking time and announced at 5 pm the departure of these passengers 30 minutes later. However, the take off did not happen as a second threat call was made.<br /><br />"DEL-KTM (Delhi-Kathmandu) has been further delayed due to a fresh threat call and will take off only after security clearances," Air India tweeted at 6:13 pm. The security checks continued and the aircraft finally took off at 7:50 pm after clearance. “DEL-KTM, which was delayed due to bomb threat, took off at 7:50 pm, with a change in aircraft after security clearances,” Air India tweeted.<br /><br />The Jet Airways flight took off at 8 pm. In a statement earlier in the day, Jet Airways said, its “flight 9W 260, scheduled to depart from Delhi for Kathmandu at 1:25 pm, has been delayed due to a security alert. All 122 guests and 7 crew have been taken to the departures waiting area at the airport”.<br /><br />The caller identified himself as Hafiz Azad from Istanbul. He said the bombs were kept in laptops.</p>
