Bomb scare in Bhubaneswar-Mumbai GoAir flight, emergency landing at Nagpur

There was no suspicious object found in the plane.

Mumbai

: The Bhubaneswar-Mumbai GoAir flight, with 150 passengers onboard, made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport on Saturday following a bomb scare on the plane.

\"GoAir flight G8 243 took off from Bhubaneshwar for Mumbai at 8.20 am and post receiving the bomb threat call, was diverted to Nagpur and landed at 9.29 am,\" GoAir said.

All the 150 passengers were deplaned immediately after the plane landed and the security agencies carried out a thorough search of the passengers, their baggage and the aircraft.

\"However, no bomb was found onboard the aircraft,\" GoAir said.

The aircraft has been cleared for departure to Mumbai. The local police is investigating the matter, GoAir said.