Vistara's London-Delhi flight receives bomb threat; plane lands safely in national capital

A Vistara level carrying astir 290 passengers from London to Delhi connected Wednesday received a weaponry threat, which turned retired to beryllium a hoax pursuing a thorough inspection of the craft aft it landed safely astatine the airdrome successful the nationalist capital, according to sources. The sources said that a portion of insubstantial with a connection astir a weaponry onboard the level was recovered successful 1 of the lavatories, and the applicable authorities were instantly informed.

Delhi Police said modular information protocols were followed, and a thorough inspection was conducted.

"No suspicious items were found," it said successful a statement.

The Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) astatine Delhi was informed astir the weaponry menace astatine 0845 hours and aboriginal the craft landed safely astatine the airdrome astatine 1145 hours.

"It was informed that a enactment was discovered successful the lavatory of the formation with the message: 'BOMB THIS FLIGHT'," Delhi Police said, adding that each passengers disembarked without incident.

The sources said determination were astir 290 passengers successful the Boeing 787 aircraft.

Soon aft the insubstantial with the menace connection was discovered portion the craft was successful the air, the unit carried retired a hunt but did not find thing suspicious. So, it was decided that determination was nary request for diversion, and the craft continued to alert to Delhi, they added.

An hose spokesperson said a information interest was noted by its unit operating the formation UK 018 portion it was coming from London to Delhi.

In enactment with the protocol, the applicable authorities were instantly informed, and the craft was taken to the isolation bay for mandatory checks aft landing safely astatine the Delhi airport.

"We afloat cooperated with the applicable authorities successful completing the indispensable information checks," the spokesperson said successful a statement.