New Delhi: An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions in New Delhi on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early on Wednesday for its destination after being grounded for over 13 hours.
The flight took off at 0316 hrs from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, ATC sources said. The aircraft with 157 passengers and crew on board had landed at the Delhi airport at 1:34 pm yesterday.
The flight sought an emergency landing after its pilot was informed about a message scribbled on the mirror of a washroom with a lipstick warning about the presence of a bomb in the cargo hold. "When the aircraft was in Indian air space near Nagpur the crew noticed a note saying bomb in CGR (cargo). The crew informed the pilot who got in touch with the Nagpur Air Traffic Controller who advised that the aircraft land in Delhi," Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey had said.
08/07/15 PTI/Asian Age
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
The flight took off at 0316 hrs from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, ATC sources said. The aircraft with 157 passengers and crew on board had landed at the Delhi airport at 1:34 pm yesterday.
The flight sought an emergency landing after its pilot was informed about a message scribbled on the mirror of a washroom with a lipstick warning about the presence of a bomb in the cargo hold. "When the aircraft was in Indian air space near Nagpur the crew noticed a note saying bomb in CGR (cargo). The crew informed the pilot who got in touch with the Nagpur Air Traffic Controller who advised that the aircraft land in Delhi," Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey had said.
08/07/15 PTI/Asian Age
