Jodhpur,-An Air India flight to Delhi from the Jodhpur Civil Airport was delayed by over three hours on Sunday following a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, officials said.<\/p>\n
The flight was scheduled to take off from here at 2.55 pm but there was a mention of the bomb by a passenger in an argument with the flight staff which triggered the panic, airport officials said.<\/p>\n
Security officials and Air India staff immediately evacuated the passengers from the flight and checked the plane. After a green signal by the officials, the flight finally took off at 6.30 pm, said G K Khare, the director of the airport.<\/p>\n
The ground staff has given a complaint against the passengers to the police, who have initiated investigation, Khare said.<\/p>\n
Deputy Commissioner of police (East) Amandeep said the passenger had an altercation with the ground staff of the Air India which led to the bomb threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe passenger had to de-board at Jaipur but he wanted to de-board the flight at Jodhpur itself, which was not allowed by the flight staff,\u201d said the DCP.<\/p>\n
The threat led the police, the Central Industry Security Force (CISF) and other security agencies to swing into action swifty and a bomb disposal squad was called in to deal with any exigency.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter an intensive search of the entire plane, we did not find anything suspicious and the threat turned out to be a mere hoax,\u201d said the officer.<\/p>\n
All passengers of the flight, in the meantime, were accommodated at the airport lounge and attended by the staff, officials said.<\/p>\n
Khare said the usual route of this flight is Delhi to Jodhpur and back to Delhi. But, in a new arrangement for Sundays only, the flight on return goes to Delhi via Jaipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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