New Delhi, Mar 28: A Kolkata-bound flight of Air India, departing from Delhi, was halted following a bomb threat call. All passengers were deboarded from the flight. The aircraft was being scanned by the time this report was first published.

According to reports, a caller informed Air India's call centre of a bomb being allegedly planted in the AI-020 flight, travelling from Delhi to Kolkata. Subsequently the airport authorities were informed who red-flagged the plane's takeoff.

A similar situation was reported in November 2017, after a Delhi-bound GoAir flight returned to Kolkata from mid-air, after the carrier was threatened with a bomb being planted onboard. The threat call was later found to be a hoax.

Another hoax threat incident was reported in August last year, after a Delhi-bound AI flight from Jodhpur was delayed upto three hours after the authorities were alarmed by a miscreant called for a bomb being planted in the aircraft.

In the investigation conducted later, a Navy officer was detained for making the hoax call, reportedly due to his tiff with the airline staff.

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