Jet Airways plane makes emergency landing following bomb scare

Muscat/Mumbai: A bomb scare on board a Jet Airways Kuwait-Mumbai flight carrying 160 people forced it to make an emergency landing at Muscat airport on Friday but it turned out to be a hoax. Omani authorities received a tip off that a bomb might be aboard the Boeing 737-800 aircraft following which they alerted its crew.
The crew then decided to divert to Muscat where the plane landed safely at 1 am local time, about two-and-a-half hours after departure from Kuwait City.
A subsequent search of the aircraft, luggage and passengers found no trace of any explosives.
The plane later took off and landed in Mumbai at 9.40 am.
20/08/10 Press Trust Of India/Hindustan Times

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