Date:09/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/09/stories/2007090961151100.htm

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Passengers evacuated after bomb threat

Mumbai: Passengers of a Kingfisher Airlines flight arriving from Guwahati were evacuated on Saturday evening following an anonymous phone call that a bomb had been placed in the aircraft, airport authorities said.

A bomb detection and disposal squad searched the plane, they said.

“The Delhi office of the airline received the threat call around 4 p.m. stating that a bomb had been placed on the Guwhati-Mumbai-Indore flight. The airline officials then alerted the airport manager here,” a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport said.

The flight which landed in the city around 6 p.m. was cordoned off on arrival and passengers were evacuated safely, he said. — PTI