Bomb hoax in Air India aircraft at Amritsar airport triggers panic

Panic gripped the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport here when staff cleaning an Air India aircraft reported a bomb threat on Monday.

However, it later turned out to be a hoax.

Two hours after flight AI-170 arrived from London’s Gatwick Airport, the staff cleaning it found a paper slip with “bomb” written on it in the aircraft’s toilet, the Punjab Police said.

The plane had arrived with 187 passengers on board, the authorities said.