Last Updated: October 01, 2023, 22:17 IST
A hoax bomb risk led to emergency touchdown of Akasa flight two days again. (Representational Image)
The Mumbai to Varanasi flight, which was scheduled to take out at round 2:30 pm will now function in a while Sunday evening
Another Varanasi-bound Akasa flight was delayed on Sunday after a comment made by an exasperated passenger triggered safety employees to hold out intensive pre-boarding checking forward of the scheduled time.
The Mumbai to Varanasi flight, which was scheduled to take out at round 2:30 pm will now function in a while Sunday evening.
According to TOI, the incident occurred when one of many passengers, apparently irritated by strict pre-boarding checks irked “Mere Paas Bomb Hai Kya” which alerted safety personnel on the airport and led to an excellent thorough checking earlier than the boarding.
Her feedback led to CISF getting alerted after which the protocol to cope with such conditions was triggered which concerned asking all passengers who had boarded the plane to alight, TOI reported.
Meanwhile, the airline launched a press release stating the revised timings and informing the passengers that the delay was induced resulting from safety protocols.
“Akasa Air flight QP 1497, scheduled to fly from Varanasi to Mumbai at 2.50 pm on October 1, 2023, received a security alert during the boarding process. We have followed all required security procedures and all passengers have been deplaned and are safe. Akasa Air is working with local authorities to complete all subsequent security requirements,” the assertion learn.
This comes two days after an Akasa plane from Mumbai with 166 individuals on board needed to make an emergency touchdown at Varanasi airport after the airline obtained a bomb risk message on social media.
he airline stated the captain of the flight QP 1498 obtained an “emergency alert” from the Varanasi Air Traffic Controller and adopted all required emergency procedures and landed the airplane safely at Varanasi.
“At 1130 am, Akasa Air got a bomb threat message on social media. We informed the local police in Mumbai and initiated the procedure for filing an FIR,” the spokesperson stated.
Varanasi Airport Director Puneet Gupta stated that after an intensive safety test, nothing objectionable was discovered and the plane was declared protected.
“Akasa Air flight QP 1498, flying from Mumbai to Varanasi on September 29, 2023 received an emergency alert from Air Traffic Control. The captain followed all required emergency procedures and landed safely in Varanasi,” the airline stated in a press release.
Source: www.news18.com
