Srinagar airport goes on high alert as Indigo flight receives bomb threat

Srinagar, Oct 22 (PTI) The security grid at Srinagar International Airport on Tuesday went on high alert mode after a hoax call about a possible bomb threat, officials said.

The officials said a call was received at the Srinagar airport about a bomb in the Indigo flight that had arrived here from Mumbai.

The authorities carried out a thorough search of the flight which was scheduled to take off for Delhi via Jammu at around 5.20 pm.

“However, it turned out to be a hoax,” a senior official of Airport Authority of India here said.

The official said the hoax call did not affect the flight operations.