Report: Mumbai airport on high alert after bomb scare affects three KL-bound flights


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 11 Jan 2017

FILE PHOTO: A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft taxis on the tarmac after landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport

MUMBAI: An Interpol tip-off about a bomb on board a flight bound for Kuala Lumpur put Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on high alert Monday night, the Times of India reports.

Security agencies searched three aircraft - two Malaysia Airlines flights and one Malindo Air plane - for suspicious objects, while more than 400 passengers and 500 pieces of check-in baggage were put through a thorough security check.

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