Bomb threat panic over 40 Delhi schools, no suspicious material found
More than 40 schools in the capital were thrown into chaos and panic on Monday morning after they received bomb threats via email, police officials said.
Passengers were in panic after a Delhi-bound Vistara Airlines flight from London received a bomb threat, the police said here on Wednesday.
A written note was found in the lavatory of the flight. The message on a tissue paper that read, “Bomb in this flight”, was found by a passenger who alerted the staff about the same, added a police official. The flight landed safely at 11:45 am at the Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI) and all the 290 passengers onboard the aircraft were deboarded.
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Following standard security protocols, a thorough inspection of the flight was conducted and no suspicious items were found, added the police.
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Earlier on September4, An Air India flight enroute to Visakhapatnam from Delhi received a similar bomb threat, but it was found to be a hoax after a thorough scrutiny on landing at Visakhapatnam.
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