Search underway on Vistara airplane at Delhi airport after bomb threat

Authorities at the Delhi airport are searching a Vistara airplane, which was to leave for Pune, following a bomb threat, airport officials said on Friday.

In a statement, Vistara said flight UK971 had been delayed due to “mandatory security checks”.

The airport call centre received a call around 7:30 am on Friday and the caller said that “three bombs have been kept in flight no. UK971 parked at gate no. 42 and they will explode in an hour”. The call got disconnected immediately, official sources said.