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False bomb alert on a Gulf Air flight

New Delhi, India - An anonymous telephone call created the alarm

A Gulf Air flight to Muscat yesterday has been diverted to Thiruvanthapuram after an anonymous telephone call to Muscat airport had warned there was a bomb on board. The Gulf Air flight has been made land in emergency in the Indian airport; the Police officers checked the interior of the plane without founding any bomb. "It has been a hoax", stated the director of Thiruvanthapuram airport. After...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69506
Rome, Italy, 11/17/2006 14:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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