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The authorities and security agencies at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Domestic Airport went into a tizzy on Friday afternoon,following two phone calls threatened to blow up a flight and the airport. A thorough checking was conducted at the premises immediately,after which the calls were declared hoax,as no suspecious object was found.
According to Airport Director B P Bhagat,two phone calls were received in the afternoon at the airport. The first call was made to the terminal manager. The caller threatened that a Jaipur-bound flight of a private airline is going to be hijacked.
The second call was received at the desk of Indian Airlines,which threatened that a blast will take place at the airport.
He added: All the security agencies,including CISF,Bomb Disposal Squad,Dog Squad and city police,were alerted immediately. They launched search operations on both the airports and the Jaipur-bound aircraft. But nothing objectionable was found.
He said that except for the Jaipur-bound aircraft,no flight was delayed in the wake of the incident. The flight was scheduled to take off at 4 pm,but itwas delayed by one-and-a half-hours and took off at 5.30 pm.
Bhagat further said that while one call was made from a local PCO booth,the second number could not be traced,as the callers number did not appear in the Caller ID screen.
Deputy Commissioner of Police,Zone IV,B R Pandor said that the first call was made around 3 pm and the caller identified himself as one Mr Bansal,an employee of a private bank.
He said he had heard two persons talking of hijacking a Jaipur-bound flight. The second call was registered at 3.45 pm and the caller gave his identity as Majid Khan, Pandor said. We have registered a case in this regard with the Sardarnagar police station and investigations are on to trace the callers.
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