Two calls in half an hour cause bomb scare at airport

Mumbai: A full security drill was carried out at the Mumbai Airport on Thursday morning after an airport official received two phone calls that a bomb was kept in one of the store rooms of the under-construction terminal 1C.
According to the airport officials, an employee of engineering company Larsen & Toubro (L&T), which is building the airport’s new integrated terminal, received anonymous call twice within a span of half an hour and was told that a bomb was kept in the under-construction building.
“We carried out the entire security drill and no bomb was found in the premises,” said Jitendra Singh Negi, CISF Commandant, Mumbai Airport. “Investigations are on and the police are trying to trace the caller,” he added.
14/08/09 Express India

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Categories: Airports Aug 2009, Safety Aug 2009