Moscow-Goa flight makes emergency landing at Gujarat’s Jamnagar airport following bomb threat: Police

 

New Delhi/Jamnagar/Panaji: A Moscow-to-Goa flight made an emergency landing at Gujarat’s Jamnagar airport on Monday night following a bomb threat, police said.

All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Inspector General of Police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range) Ashok Kumar Yadav said.

“The plane going from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an emergency landing at the Jamnagar airport due to a bomb threat. After landing, all 236 passengers and crew members were deboarded safely. Police, BDDS and local authorities are searching the entire plane,” he said.