Hoax bomb call delays Mumbai-bound flight at IGI

A Mumbai-bound Vistara Airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai was delayed by about two hours after a passenger said she overheard a fellow traveller speaking about a bomb in his bag, a claim that was later declared a hoax, sources said Thursday. A designated committee of multiple security, intelligence, airport operations and aviation agencies was convened at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport around 6pm on Wednesday to ascertain this claim reported for flight no UK-941 which was scheduled to depart at 4.55pm, they said.

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