New Delhi: A Turkish Airlines flight flying from Bangkok to Istanbul, which had made emergency landing at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday afternoon following a bomb scare, was in the evening cleared to take-off after nothing suspicious was found on the plane.
Addressing a press conference, Civil Aviation Secretary RN Choubey informed that the bomb threat turned out to be hoax as no explosive was found on the plane.
Choubey further said that the Turkish Airlines flight TK0065 has been cleared for take-off. The flight took-off for Istanbul a few hours later.
"Nothing was found... The aircraft has been cleared for take off," he told reporters.
“144 passengers and 13 crew members were offloaded. The Turkish aircraft was searched. Nothing suspicious was found,” the Aviation Secretary added.
While the Aviation Secretary put the number of passengers at 144, a Turkish Airlines official said there were 134 passengers onboard apart from the crew.
Previous reports had said that there were 148 passengers on the plane.
07/07/15 Ajith Vijay Kumar/Zee News
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Addressing a press conference, Civil Aviation Secretary RN Choubey informed that the bomb threat turned out to be hoax as no explosive was found on the plane.
Choubey further said that the Turkish Airlines flight TK0065 has been cleared for take-off. The flight took-off for Istanbul a few hours later.
"Nothing was found... The aircraft has been cleared for take off," he told reporters.
“144 passengers and 13 crew members were offloaded. The Turkish aircraft was searched. Nothing suspicious was found,” the Aviation Secretary added.
While the Aviation Secretary put the number of passengers at 144, a Turkish Airlines official said there were 134 passengers onboard apart from the crew.
Previous reports had said that there were 148 passengers on the plane.
07/07/15 Ajith Vijay Kumar/Zee News
