Bomb threat: Aeroflot flight from Moscow makes emergency landing at Delhi airport
The Hindu
The flight was checked and nothing has been found so far
A plane from Moscow carrying 400 people made an emergency landing in the national capital on October 14 following a bomb threat, according to officials.
The Aeroflot aircraft operating flight SU 232 landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here at 2.48 a.m. The passengers and crew were evacuated safely, they said.
According to the police, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) received an e-mail warning of bombs on the flight on Thursday night.
As the flight landed, its 386 passengers and 14 crew members were immediately evacuated, a senior police official said.
The flight was checked and nothing has been found so far, the official said, adding that the aircraft has been isolated.
"On Thursday around 11 pm, a threat message was received at IGI Control Room social media site regarding bombs planted on board Russian flight no SU-272 arriving at IGI Airport. The flight landed at 2.48 am safely," one of the officials said.
Full emergency was declared for the landing of the Boeing 777 aircraft that was being operated by Russian carrier Aeroflot, the official added.