MUMBAI: Security was beefed and a high alert was declared after air traffic control at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport received a call on Saturday afternoon about RDX planted onboard a Dubai-Mumbai flight. The flight was stopped before boarding began.
The plane was scanned for over two hours and 15 minutes before it took off with passengers around 6pm. “The call turned out to be a hoax after the entire plane was scanned from 3.45pm. No other flights were delayed or airport work was stopped due to the call,” said DCP (zone VIII) Manjunath Singe.
No case was registered but Sahar police are tracking down the caller.
The flight landed at Mumbai empty and was to fly with passengers. Another flight was to land in Mumbai from Dubai late in the evening. V Narayan
