Passenger makes hoax bomb call to Hyderabad airport after missing flight

Hyderabad: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad received a bomb threat call on Monday. It said there was a bomb in flight number 6E-6151. The airport security immediately checked the flight and evacuated all the passengers. It was later found that a passenger, who is a senior citizen, had made a hoax call as she was late in catching the flight.

According to the RGI Airport police, at 10.30 a.m., the police control received a call about a bomb on a flight and that it had to be stopped immediately. The Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) assembled and inquired into the call.

Upon inquiry, it was revealed that a person named Ajmeer Bhadraiah (59), resident of Prashanth Nagar, ECIL, Kapra, arrived at RGI airport to catch an Indigo flight to Chennai (6E-6151). As he arrived late, an Indigo employee did not allow him to board the flight. The passenger argued with the employee and asked him to allow him to board the flight.

Unable to get into the flight, the passenger made a hoax call to the police control room (Dial 100).

The fake bomb threat call caused inconvenience to many passengers. Indigo Airline reported the incident to the airport police station. Thye have initiated action against the passenger.