Man who had kept 'threat letter' in Jet Airways flight identified

A security personnel at Ahmedabad airport said the flight was diverted as there was a specific threat call.

The man who had kept a threat letter in a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight has been identified and he is also said to have confessed to have kept it.

The man has been identified as one, Salla Birju, who had kept 'threatening note' to destabilise operations of the Jet Airways flight, reported ANI.

A Delhi-Mumbai flight was diverted to Ahmedabad during the wee hours of Monday due to security reasons.

Jet Airways flight 9W339, which took off from Mumbai at 2.55 am, landed at Ahmedabad airport at about 3.45 am. A passenger onboard said the flight was diverted to Ahmedabad citing "security reasons".

A security personnel at Ahmedabad airport said the flight was diverted as a threat letter was found.

A Times Now report said that a note was found onboard which threatened that the plane would be hijacked and taken to PoK. The note further reportedly says that "Cargo area contains explosive bombs and will blast if you land in DEL. Allah is great."

The plane had 115 passengers and 7 crew members.

"Aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad,was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 guests & 7 crew members safely deplaned," ANI quoted a Jet Airways statement as saying.

Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati has advised the culprit to be on No-Fly list.

OneIndia News with PTI inputs