Kolkata Airport receives threat call to hijack plane

Kolkata Airport officials on Wednesday received a phone call from an unidentified person who threatened to hijack an Air India plane. The police have started an investigation against the unidentified person.

Kolkata (West Bengal): Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata on Wednesday received a phone call threatening to hijack a plane. At 6:50 pm on Wednesday, Kolkata Airport received a call from an unidentified person who threatened to hijack an Air India plane. Following this, the airport authorities reported the matter to the police. Kolkata Police started an investigation immediately.

"A local person called up the station manager of Air India and threatened to hijack an Air India plane. Air India officials informed the aviation security at the airport and the local police about the hijack threat. The local police have started an investigation against the unidentified person. After investigation, it was found that the caller was mentally challenged," a Kolkata Airport Official told the media agencies.

Last month, a similar message was received by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at NSCBI Airport in Kolkata claiming that a bomb may have been planted in an aircraft originating from Dubai. Though the threat turned out to be false, members of the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) immediately assembled at the airport terminal managers office for assessment of the message which had called for close monitoring of flights originating from Dubai.

ANI