Ahmedabad

A Jet Airways flight carrying 125 passengers and six crew members from Ahmedabad to Mumbai was taken to the isolation bay on Wednesday morning due to a bomb scare.

All the passengers who were already there in plane for 45 minutes were deplaned and extensive search of the passenger and their baggage, cargo and aircraft was carried out by the security agencies.

A passenger said, “we reached airport at 4.00 pm and counters opened at 5.00 am. We boarded flight and were inside for 45 minutes after which we were deplaned.”

DCP Zone-4 in Ahmedabad Mr. Gadhvi said, “cleaning staff in flight found a chit mentioning a word ‘bomb’ when plane was being made ready to fly back to Mumbai. Security incharge informed CISF about this. As per the standard operative procedures(SOP) boarding was stopped and plane was taken to isolation way for checking.”

“Aircraft was thoroughly inspected by security agencies and flight with 125 passengers and 6 crew has now been cleared for departure,” Jet Airways said in a statement.

A Jet Airways spokesperson said the search yielded nothing and the plane has been cleared for further journey.

Investigating further, Sardarnagar police found that one chartered accountant Mr. Subramaniam was lastly traveling on seat number 24A under which the chit mentioning ‘bomb’ was found out by cleaning staff before return journey of plane. Mr. Subramaniam was picked up from hotel Taj Ummed where he was staying for KPMG consulting firm related work and questioned at Sardarnagar police station.

– DeshGujarat