A New York-bound Air India flight, which took off from Mumbai, on Monday made an emergency landing in New Delhi due to security concerns caused by a bomb threat, media reports said.
The flight landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi this morning.
All passengers and crew members were evacuated. At least 239 people were onboard.
“Flight AI119 operating from Mumbai to JFK on October 14 received a specific security alert and on instructions of the government’s security regulatory committee was diverted to Delhi.
“All passengers have disembarked and are at the Delhi airport terminal,” an Air India spokesperson said as quoted by NDTV.
The security agencies including a bomb squad conducted a check of the flight, which landed at an isolation runway at the IGI Airport.
An investigation is underway.
