A Goa-bound chartered flight from Russian capital Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours of Saturday, January 21, 2023 following a bomb threat, police said. Bomb threat Goa – Moscow flight: flight divert to Uzbekistan.
This is the second Goa-bound plane that has been diverted due to such a scare in weeks. Earlier this month, another charter flight of the same airline was diverted to Gujarat’s Jamnagar over a bomb scare. The plane, which made an emergency landing, had 236 passengers aboard.
“The Embassy was alerted by the Indian authorities about the alleged bomb scare on the Azur Air flight en route from Moscow to Goa. The aircraft has made an emergency landing at Jamnagar Indian Air Force Base. Everyone on board is safe.
The authorities are conducting a thorough inspection of the aircraft,” a statement by the Russian embassy had read within hours of the incident being reported on January 9. The plane was cleared to take off the next day after the call appeared to be hoax.
Just days after this incident, a Delhi to Pune SpiceJet flight was delayed before take-off at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital after the control room received a call regarding the presence of a bomb on the flight.
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A CISF official said upon receiving the bomb threat, the Airport Operation Control Centre (AOCC) informed the Security Operations Control Centre (SOCC) with a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee was formed.
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