The luggage of passengers mendacity on the tarmac because the bomb squad performed an intensive inspection
Chennai:
The departure of a Dubai-bound flight from Chennai Worldwide Airport was delayed in the present day following a hoax bomb menace. An electronic mail warning a couple of bomb on the plane delayed the Emirates flight EK 543 by greater than 12 hours, inflicting inconvenience to the passengers.
Upon receiving the menace electronic mail, the authorities offloaded all the baggage on the tarmac for an intensive verify of the flight. The inspection revealed that the menace was a hoax.
The flight with greater than 250 worldwide passengers was scheduled to take off at round 4 am Tuesday however was rescheduled at 10.30 am as a consequence of heavy rains within the metropolis. The flight is now anticipated to depart previous midnight and the airline shifted passengers to a close-by lodge.
The details about the e-mail was acquired simply earlier than passengers boarded. Images present the bags of passengers mendacity on the tarmac because the bomb squad performed an intensive inspection.
The e-mail is suspected to have come from Istanbul, Turkey.
“An investigation into the matter is underway. Though bomb menace e-mails have turn into so frequent, we didn’t wish to take any likelihood because the mail particularly talked about incoming flight EK 542 on this case”, C V Deepak, Airport Director instructed NDTV.
Sources within the Airport Authority of India say airports have been instructed to be on excessive alert amid a spike in electronic mail threats.
