[New Delhi]Royal Nepal Airlines+Air India Flights Grounded At IGIA For 2nd Round Security Check: Bomb Threat Call
Two flights bound for Nepal and Bhubaneswar were today grounded just before taking off after security agencies were alerted of a bomb threat call on the two airliners at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)
Passengers on board the two aircraft– Royal Nepal Airlines (Delhi-Kathmandu) and Air India (Delhi-Bhubaneswar– were evacuated and taken to the isolation bay where security agencies carried out anti-sabotage checks after a threat call was received by the airport control room at about 10 AM.
While the Kathmandu flight (RA-206) had 155 passengers and nine crew members, the flight bound for Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar (AI-075) had 178 fliers and seven crew members.
Passengers of both the flights and their baggage were subjected to a second round of checking with the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) at the IGIA monitoring the situation.
Security personnel from the CISF and Delhi Police cordoned off the two planes along with bomb disposal squads,
They added the threat was triggered after the airport control room received a call from a person identifying himself as Abhishek Singh, a “CBI officer” and said that while there is a “time bomb” in the Nepal bound flight, some “movement” has happened at the terminal area to hit the AI flight.
Officials said the agencies are trying to track the number and location from where the call was made to the airport call centre.
Preliminary reports said four Members of Parliament were to travel on the AI flight.
Talking about the menace of hoax calls, Central Industrial Security Force chief Surender Singh had said while 44 such calls were received last year at various airports the force is deployed, 16 such calls have been made till early March this year.
Tag: Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC)
Royal Nepal Airlines+Air India Flights Grounded At IGIA:Bomb Threat
Anonymous Threat Call Held IGI Airport In Tizzy :Security Tightened
[New Delhi] Anonymous Threat Call Held IGI Airport In Tizzy:Security Tightened
Call centre at the Indira Gandhi International Airport received an anonymous call about the presence of a “terrorist”.
The call was later declared as “non-specific” by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC),
“At around 2.30 AM the call centre of the Indira Gandhi International Airport received an anonymous call saying that someone from Amritsar present at the airport was a terrorist.
As Per Sources,.The BTAC was formed to assess the threat, they said, adding, security agencies carried out an extensive screening of the people at the airport.
The BTAC declared the call as “non-specific” at around 3.30 AM,
Irritated Flyer Creates Bomb Scare Which Forced “Priyanka”To Change Flight
[New Delhi] Furious Flyer Creates Bomb Scare In Jet airways Flight,Which Forced Priyanka Gandhi Vadra To Board Another Plane
Furious over being subjected to repeated security checks, a Jet Airways passenger created a bomb scare at the IGI airport forcing security agencies to book Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on another flight to Chennai.
Jet Airways flight 9W-821 to Chennai, scheduled to take off at 6.45 am from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday, was grounded after a passenger allegedly claimed he was carrying a “bomb” and will “blow up” the aircraft, sources in the CISF said today.
The businessman, who had been subjected twice to security checks, got exasperated when asked to open his bag for the third time.
This Irritated passenger, who is into business and was travelling with a Chinese exporter, was carrying with him some metallic item and had undergone two security checks. When he was asked to open the baggage again, he got irritated and told the CISF personnel that he was carrying a bomb and will blow up the aircraft,
The personnel of Special Protection Group (SPG),overheard the conversation. The airline staff and SPG then informed the control room about it.
Not taking the threat lightly, a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was formed to assess the threat perception.
All the passengers, cargo and baggage were deplaned and a thorough search was carried out,
The claim later turned out to be a hoax.
Priyanka was, meanwhile, booked on another flight, which departed for Chennai at 7.35 am.
At around 7.25 am, the threat was declared as “non-specific”,
“The passenger was taken to police station for intense questioning by the city police and other security agencies. He was let off in evening after the authorities became sure he posed no threat,” sources said.
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