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India plane makes emergency landing after bomb hoax
[DAWN] An Indian passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the country's western city of Nagpur on Saturday after a hoax bomb threat, GoAir airline said.The GoAir plane, carrying 150 passengers, was en route from the eastern city of Bhubaneshwar to Mumbai when authorities received an anonymous call that a bomb had been planted aboard. "Post receiving the bomb threat call, it [the aircraft] was diverted to Nagpur," GoAir said in an email statement. The passengers were offloaded and airport security searched the aircraft and baggage, the budget airline said. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-24 |
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