The flight, which took off from Bhubaneswar at 8.20am landed at Nagpur at 9.29am. The threat call was received at Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneshwar.
A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight, carrying 150 passengers on board, was diverted to Nagpur due to a hoax bomb call.
The flight, which took off from Bhubaneswar at 8.20am landed at Nagpur at 9.29am. The threat call was received at Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneshwar.
The GoAir spokesperson said, "The GoAir flight, G8-243, took off from Bhubaneshwar towards Mumbai and post receiving the bomb threat call, was diverted to Nagpur. After deplaning all 150 passengers safely, checks were conducted by the airport security and there was no bomb found on board." The airline officials said that post clearance from the authorities, the passengers were boarded again and the flight took off at 12 noon to Mumbai. "The GoAir officials at Bhubaneshwar immediately informed the local police which are investigating the matter," the spokesperson added.
In a related development, the city police has held a man identified as Sanjeev Mishra who has reportedly troubling the airport officers since Friday. The CISF sources said that on Friday evening, Mishra called up police control room stating that a bomb concealed in a suitcase was kept inside a car with registration number MH 02 BD 5070.
In the wee hours of Saturday, Mishra called again at the city airport office, informing about a bomb placed under a Meru taxi. Both the calls turned out to be hoax and Mishra was detained for by the police for interrogation, the sources added.
Mishra's father, who was called by the police, claimed that his son was mentally unstable.
Another threat call was received on Saturday at 5pm at the Mumbai airport control room. The caller, reportedly from UP, threatened that airport will be blown up before February 2. Sources said a letter written in Hindi was also received by the airport authorities, threatening on similar lines.
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