Panicked passengers
Plane evacuated in Delhi after bomb threat
A passenger plane of the low-cost airline IndiGo Airlines was evacuated at the airport of the Indian capital Delhi on Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat.
Passengers on the IndiGo Airlines Airbus A320 were alerted to the threat shortly before take-off at 5.35 a.m. local time. Footage shows (see video above) the panicked and frightened passengers climbing onto the wing via emergency exits or using the inflatable slides to escape.
According to the authorities, the plane was then taken to a restricted area of Indira Gandhi International Airport for investigation. The aviation security service and a team of bomb disposal experts were on site, an airport employee told local media. "All passengers are safe," he said.
A senior official of the security agency CISF told the Indian news agency ANI that a toilet paper with the word "bomb" on it had been found in the plane's toilet. As a result, "the authority had arranged to carry out an inspection, but it turned out to be a hoax".
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