A full emergency was declared after a Mumbai-bound Vistara flight with 306 persons onboard from Paris received a bomb threat at the Mumbai airport prior to its arrival on Sunday.
Emergency Sounded After Vistara Paris-Mumbai Flight Gets Bomb Threat
Vistara in its statement said, ‘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.’
Reports said the flight landed at 10:19 am at Mumbai on Sunday.
As per news agency PTI, 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.”
It said following this, full emergency was declared at 10:08 am, as the flight was scheduled to land at 10:19 am.
"There were 294 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Paris-Mumbai flight," the report quoting a source as saying.
The airliner Vistara in its statement said, "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.
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