A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai was on Monday diverted to the airport in Ahmedabad after a threatening note was recovered from the toilet.
A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai was on Monday diverted to the airport in Ahmedabad after a threatening note was recovered from the toilet.
The flight 9W339, which took off from Mumbai at 02:55 hours, landed at Ahmedabad airport at around 03:45 hours.
According to reports, an air hostess on board found a letter in the washroom which claimed there were hijackers.
"The aircraft is covered by hijackers, should not land in Delhi, should be flown straight to PoK," was written on the note, said security agencies.
A passenger onboard said the flight was diverted to Ahmedabad citing 'security reasons'. All the passengers were asked to deplane and were screened.
A security personnel at Ahmedabad airport said the flight was diverted as there was a specific threat call.
In a statement, a Jet Airways spokesperson said, "Jet Airways flight 9W 339 of October 30, 2017, a Boeing 737-900 from Mumbai to Delhi, diverted to Ahmedabad following declaration of an emergency as per established security procedures, due to the detection of an onboard security threat. The aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad and was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 guests and 7 crew members were safely deplaned. Jet Airways is extending full cooperation to the security agencies who are investigating the matter and is not in a position to comment further at this stage. The airline regrets the inconvenience caused to its guests and is making efforts to bring them to Delhi at the earliest."
Meanwhile, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju said, "I am informed that person responsible for Jet flt 339 (Mum-Del) incident causing the landing at Ahmedabad today morning has been identified."
"I am advising the Airlines to put him on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action," he said in another tweet.
(With agency inputs)
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