Akasa Air plane makes emergency landing at Varanasi airport due to bomb threat; nothing objectionable found after security check
PTI, Sep 29, 2023, 8:23 PM IST
Representative image (source: ANI)
Mumbai: An Akasa aircraft from Mumbai with 166 people onboard made an emergency landing at Varanasi airport on Friday after the airline received a bomb threat message on social media, according to an airline spokesperson.
The airline said the captain of the flight QP 1498 received an ”emergency alert” from the Varanasi Air Traffic Controller, and followed all required emergency procedures, and landed the plane safely at Varanasi.
”At 1130 am, Akasa Air got a bomb threat message on social media. We informed the local police in Mumbai and initiated the procedure for filing an FIR,” the spokesperson said.
Subsequently, the emergency response mechanism was put in place and as part of the security protocol, the airline informed all the 16 airports from where it operates about the bomb threat and put them on alert, the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the threat was later categorised as ”non-specific”.
According to the airline, there were 166 people on board, including 159 passengers, 1 infant and 6 operating crew members in the Mumbai-Varanasi flight.
Varanasi Airport Director Puneet Gupta said that after a thorough security check, nothing objectionable was found and the aircraft was declared safe.
”Akasa Air flight QP 1498, flying from Mumbai to Varanasi on September 29, 2023 received an emergency alert from Air Traffic Control. The captain followed all required emergency procedures and landed safely in Varanasi,” the airline said in a statement.
The airline said that all the mandated security procedures have been completed and the aircraft has subsequently been declared safe.
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