An Air Asia flight at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was evacuated after a bomb threat was made on Friday afternoon, sources in the airport administration said.
The CISF personnel were conducting search operations at the time of filing of this report.
About 10 days ago, the directors in 41 airports across the country had received a threat via email, claiming explosive devices were hidden in the airports. Patna, Jaipur, Vadodara and Coimbatore airports were among those which had received the threat.
It turned out to be a hoax.
On the same day, a Dubai-bound Emirates flight from Chennai was delayed following a hoax bomb threat.
An email that is suspected to have originated from Istanbul, Turkey had mentioned the Emirates flight EK 543, following which the passengers and baggage were offloaded and a thorough inspection carried out.
The flight with more than 250 international passengers was delayed by over 12 hours.