Mumbai: Two bomb threats made to the airport kept officials and intelligence agencies on their toes on Tuesday. Thankfully, both calls turned out to be hoaxes, and intelligence agencies are now trying to trace the source of these calls.
On September 30, a few minutes before Jet Airways 9W 316 from Jodhpur was expected to land, an intelligence agency received a bomb threat call from a Jodhpur number. The information was passed to Mumbai’s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Security officials from the airline, along with the CISF, began their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC).
At 3.40 pm, when the flight landed, the crew and passengers were asked to leave the plane and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) checked the aircraft. However, they did not find anything and the call was declared hoax.
Within five hours, airport security received another call, this time from Hong Kong’s airport authority. An official who was present at the time when the call was received, said, “Hong Kong railways received a call stating that a Jet Airways flight to India had a bomb on it.
The Quick Reaction Team and other intelligence agencies repeated the same procedure after the flight landed at 11.35 pm. But, post-midnight, this call too turned out to be a hoax.
04/10/14 Neha LM/Mid Day
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On September 30, a few minutes before Jet Airways 9W 316 from Jodhpur was expected to land, an intelligence agency received a bomb threat call from a Jodhpur number. The information was passed to Mumbai’s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Security officials from the airline, along with the CISF, began their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC).
At 3.40 pm, when the flight landed, the crew and passengers were asked to leave the plane and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) checked the aircraft. However, they did not find anything and the call was declared hoax.
Within five hours, airport security received another call, this time from Hong Kong’s airport authority. An official who was present at the time when the call was received, said, “Hong Kong railways received a call stating that a Jet Airways flight to India had a bomb on it.
The Quick Reaction Team and other intelligence agencies repeated the same procedure after the flight landed at 11.35 pm. But, post-midnight, this call too turned out to be a hoax.
04/10/14 Neha LM/Mid Day
