Vistara flight at IGI delayed for 8 hours as bomb threat call found hoax

A Delhi-Pune Vistara airlines flight was delayed for around eight hours at the IGI Airport here after a bomb threat call which later turned out to be hoax, security sources and police said.

The bomb threat assessment committee declared the call, received at 7:38 am, non-specific or hoax at 2:15 pm. The airline was issued a security clearance for using the aircraft after extensive security checks, the sources said.

Flight UK971 was to depart at 8:30 am and finally left at 4.30 pm, according to police.

The sources said more than 100 passengers and five cabin crew were on board the Airbus A320 aircraft.