Air India Bomb Threat: Tissue Paper With Word ‘Bomb’ Scribbled On It Found Inside Flight Lavatory At Delhi Airport
This comes after several hospitals in Delhi, along with the Indira Gandhi International Airport, were targeted with bomb threat emails on Sunday, alleging the presence of explosives on their premises.
Air India Bomb Threat: A potential security threat on an Air India flight at Delhi airport sparked panic as a tissue paper with the word ‘bomb’ was discovered in the lavatory. Fortunately, the threat turned out to be a false alarm, as confirmed by a police official. Sharing details, police said that on Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m., information was received regarding a tissue paper found in the lavatory of an Air India flight scheduled to depart for Vadodara, with the word “bomb” written on it.
“Following standard security protocols, a thorough inspection was conducted, and no suspicious items were found,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani.
In response to the potential threat, passengers were promptly asked to disembark the aircraft, and security personnel conducted a thorough search of the plane. However, no evidence of any explosive device or suspicious items were found onboard.
This comes after several hospitals in Delhi, along with the Indira Gandhi International Airport, were targeted with bomb threat emails on Sunday, alleging the presence of explosives on their premises. However, subsequent investigations by Delhi Police revealed the threats to be false alarms. A fortnight ago over 150 schools across Delhi-NCR received hoax threat emails, prompting widespread police response.
A week after, seven hospitals in Delhi and Tihar jail got emails threatening bombs. Some Delhi hospitals got similar emails two days back too.
On May 6, seven schools in Ahmedabad got bomb threats by email. The emails came from Russian IP addresses, sources said. But no bombs were found.
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