Bomb Threat Forces Vistara Flight To Make Emergency Landing At Mumbai Airport

An emergency was declared at Mumbai airport today after a handwritten bomb threat note was found on a Vistara flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The crew discovered the threat note on an airsickness bag at 10:08 am afterwhich the plane safely landed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 10:19 am.

The plane was carrying 294 passengers with 12 crew members.

A spokesperson for Vistara Airlines told HT: "We confirm that a security concern has been noted by our staff while onboard Vistara flight UK 024 operating from Paris to Mumbai on 2 June 2024."

The bomb threat on the Vistara flight occurred just a day after a similar threat was made to an IndiGo flight from Varanasi to New Delhi, which police determined to be a hoax after thorough checking.

A Delhi Police officer reported that a female caller informed airport security about her husband carrying a bomb in his handbag while traveling on the IndiGo flight.

Vimal Kumar, a 42-year-old resident of Meerut, was interrogated. Kumar informed the police that his wife made the call after watching news about a bomb threat on an aircraft a few days earlier, citing her mental instability, as reported by PTI.

The police are currently verifying his statements, and additional legal proceedings are in progress.

Confirming the statement, the airline said: "Upon landing in Delhi, the aircraft was taken to an isolation bay as per security agency guidelines and the crew followed all standard operating procedures," the statement read.

The airline confirmed that all passengers safely exited the aircraft, and currently, the plane is undergoing inspection.