Vistara Paris-Mumbai flight with 294 passengers gets bomb threat
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New Delhi: A Vistara flight flying from Paris to Mumbai with 306 persons onboard received bomb threat, leading to issue emergency alert at the airport prior to its arrival here, sources said. The flight landed at 10:19 am on Sunday, the source said.
Vistara on Sunday reported that its,” flight UK 024 from Paris’ Charles de Gualle airport to Mumbai received a hand written note on an airsickness bag threatening a bomb,” said the source.
Following this, full emergency was declared at 10:08 am, as per the source, who added that the flight landed at 10:19 am.
“There were 294 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Paris-Mumbai flight,” the source said.
Vistara in a statement confirmed that “a security concern has been noted by our staff while onboard the airline’s flight UK 024 operating from Paris to Mumbai on 2 June 2024.”
Following the protocol, the airline immediately informed the relevant authorities, a Vistara spokesperson said in the statement.
It also said that the flight has landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and the airline is fully cooperating with the security agencies for all the mandatory checks.
PTI with edits