Bomb hoax call delays Kolkata-Guwahati flight

Kolkata, Sep 20 (PTI) Security personnel at the NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose International Airport here went into atizzy today after receiving a phone call threatening to blowup an Air India flight. The Guwahati-bound flight from the city was delayed byaround two hours following a unanimous call saying a bomb hasbeen planted in the plane, airport officials said. The AI-729 flight from Kolkata to Guwahati with 114passengers on board was scheduled to fly from the Airport at9.50 AM. However, shortly before that, a phone call came to theairport duty manager’s desk and a female voice informed himthat a bomb has been planted in that flight, the officialssaid. The plane was immediately taken to the isolation bay andpassengers were offloaded. Security and bomb squad personnel checked the plane butnothing was found, the officials said. The plane finally took off at 11.45 PM, delayed by an hourand 55 minutes. The is the second incident of hoax call to the airportthis month. Three phone calls had been made threatening toblow up the airport on September 7. Two days later, another unanimous call was made to thestate secretariat, ‘Nabanna’, threatening to blow it up. PTICOR NNDIP