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

There was no suspicious object found in the plane.

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.

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