Moscow-Goa flight with 244 passengers makes emergency landing in Gujarat after bomb threat |

AHMEDABAD: A Moscow-Goa flight carrying 244 passengers made an emergency landing at Jamnagar airport in Gujarat following a bomb threat on Monday night.
All the passengers were foreign nationals, and have been safely removed from the aircraft.
Meanwhile, a bomb disposal squad is working to detect the threat.
The flight was diverted to Gujarat after Goa ATC received the bomb threat.

The aircraft is under isolation bay and further investigation is under way, officials said.

“All 244 passengers onboard Moscow-Goa chartered flight de-boarded at the airport after the aircraft landed safely at the airport at around 9.49pm,” Jamnagar airport director said.
“All 236 passengers and eight crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with the police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad,” Ashok Kumar Yadav, inspector general of police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range), said.
“The plane going from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an emergency landing at Jamnagar airport due to a bomb threat. After landing, all 236 passengers and crew members were deboarded safely. Police, BDDS and local authorities are now searching the entire plane,” said Yadav.
Meanwhile, a Goa Police officer said the flight which took off from Moscow and was supposed to land at the Dabolim airport was diverted to Jamnagar due to a bomb scare.
Goa Police has beefed up security in and around the Dabolim airport as a precaution, he said.
“The international flight from Moscow which was supposed to land at Dabolim airport was diverted to Jamnagar due to a bomb scare,” deputy superintendent of police (Vasco) Salim Sheikh told reporters.
All the emergency services are kept on standby at the airport while senior police officers held a meeting with the airport officials.
(With inputs from agencies)