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Airplanes and safety. India: anonymous e-mail puts four airports in alert

Mumbai, India - A message sent during the night of October 23 warns against suicide attacks

Emergency measures have been activated in four Indian airports after an e-mail reached the Kolkata office of the Airports Authority of India on Thursday night, October 23. The message said that suicide bombers are planning to explode on board two Air India airplanes taking off from Ahmedabad and Mumbai between the night of Friday 24 and Saturday 25 early in the morning. Indian authorities think...

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Rome, Italy, 10/24/2014 15:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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