Goa-Bound Flight from Moscow Makes Emergency Landing in Gujarat After Bomb Threat
Last Updated: January 09, 2023, 23:47 IST
Police, BDDS and local authorities are now searching the entire plane. (Representative Image: Freepik)
All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with the police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad
A Goa-bound flight made an an emergency landing at Jamnagar airport in Gujarat on Monday night following a bomb threat. The plane carrying 236 passengers took off from Moscow and was scheduled to land at Goa airport.
All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with the police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, said Inspector General of Police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range), Ashok Kumar Yadav, according to news agency PTI.
“The plane going from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an emergency landing at Jamnagar airport due to a bomb threat. After landing, all 236 passengers and crew members were deboarded safely. Police, BDDS and local authorities are now searching the entire plane,” said Yadav.
The plane has been taken to an isolation bay. The district administration of Jamnagar has been put on high alert.
Meanwhile, a Goa Police officer said the flight which took off from Moscow and was supposed to land at the Dabolim airport was diverted to Jamnagar due to a bomb scare.
Goa Police has beefed up security in and around the Dabolim airport as a precaution, he said.
“The international flight from Moscow which was supposed to land at Dabolim airport was diverted to Jamnagar due to a bomb scare,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (Vasco) Salim Sheikh told reporters.
All the emergency services are kept on standby at the airport while senior police officers held a meeting with the airport officials.
(With PTI inputs)
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