Brussels attack has India on guard.
By Dileep Thekkethil
A prank call to the Jet Airways office in Delhi claiming that five of their aircraft were carrying bombs resulted in the airways issuing a warning, delaying all flights.
According to Jet Airways, they received a threat call in the call centre of the Delhi office. The anonymous caller said five of their planes were carrying bombs on board that could explode anytime.
Considering the terror strikes at Brussels airport, the airliner was forced to issue a warning after which the five flights made an emergency landing. After the flights landed safely, security personnel carried out a drill to recover the ‘bombs’ but found nothing.
According to the officials, the fake call was made from Chandigarh.
The five flights that got delayed due to the hoax call were Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Dehradun-Mumbai, Delhi-Gorakhpur and two flights from Delhi to Chennai.
The Jet Airways plane from Delhi to Chandigarh was carrying the Australian cricket players. But most of the players and the team management were unaware about what happened as they were hurried off to their hotel rooms quickly.
Security inside airports in India has been beefed up after a suicide terror strike in Brussels airport early Tuesday left more than 30 people dead and over 200 injured.
Two cabin crew members of the Jet Airways, including an Indian was injured in the attack in Brussels.
Jet Airways apologize for the inconvenience and urged that the safety of the passengers is of paramount importance.
“We regret the inconvenience caused. The safety and security of our guests and crew is always our main priority,†Jet Airways said in a statement on Twitter.