A young man called Mumbai airport’s control room to enquire about job openings, referred to the city by its old name, and set off a bomb scare, resulting in the formation of a bomb threat assessment committee and heightened security.
The caller, a hotel management graduate looking for a job, found a number for the airport on Google and called to check about openings. The call ended up in the control room where the person who received the call heard the caller’s query, “Bombay Airport Hai?” (Is this Bombay airport?) as “Bomb Hai Airport Pe” (There is a bomb at the airport).
To be sure, the receiver immediately confronted the caller who clarified and even apologised for the miscommunication, but deciding to take no chances the staff at the control room alerted security personnel. The incident happened on July 19 at 4.30 pm.
