Passenger prank delays India flight

Sharjah: A passenger baggage labelled with a hoax bomb threat in Malayalam delayed a Calicut-bound Air Arabia flight from Sharjah for two hours yesterday morning.
The drama started when security officials were checking the baggage of Calicut-bound passengers of Air Arabia flight G9 595. “The officials spotted the message written in Malayalam on a Sakkaria Kunjabdullah's, baggage which mentioned that the bag contains bomb. Some slogans were also written on the baggage,” said the source.
“When the security officials spotted the message, all the passengers who had checked in were stopped from boarding the aircraft,” the source added.
Further checking, the source said, proved that the message was hoax.
The flight was scheduled to leave at 8.30am but left after two hours following the incident.
Sakkaria Kunjabdullahwas arrested by the airport police, the source added.
17/03/08 Riyasbabu/Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2008, Safety Mar 2008