Two international flights were called back while one which was preparing for departure from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi was directed to an isolation bay due to a bomb scare earlier on Saturday morning, said sources.
At 1.30 am, a threat call was received at the Delhi Airport’s call centre in Gurgaon.
The caller claimed that there were bombs on three international flights — 9W078 of Jet Airways to Hong Kong, CX694 of Cathay Pacific also bound for Hong Kong and lX147 of Swiss Air to Zurich — which later turned out to be a hoax.
“The Bomb Threat Assessment Committee declared threat as specific at 2 am. Both the Jet Airways and Cathay flights were called back and taken to isolation bay after landing under emergency conditions. Swiss Air flight which was on-ground was also sent to isolation bay,” sources said.
“Jet Airways flight 9W078, which departed from Delhi at 1.27 am for Hong Kong, returned to Delhi due to security reasons. The aircraft with 194 guests and 12 crew onboard landed safely in Delhi at 2.24 am. All guests and crew disembarked without any incident and were taken to the airport terminal. Safety of our guests is our number one priority. We regret the inconvenience caused to the guests,” said a statement issued by the airline.