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Threat Call 12 hijackers on board Letter on Jet Airways

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The Delhi-bound flight Jet Airways 9W-339 was diverted to Ahmedabad after the threat letter was found inside the plane’s lavatory.

An airline official said the security issues pertained to a potential hijack and bomb threat.

The Boeing 737-900 was scheduled to land in Delhi at about 5am.

The flight with 122 passengers, including seven crew, landed safely in a remote bay at the Ahmedabad airport, and all passengers were disembarked and screened.

The pilot alerted Ahmedabad airport authorities about the threat, the official said.

A Jet Airways spokesperson said: “The aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad and was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 guests and 7 crew members were safely deplaned.”

According to ANI, a letter threatening to hijack the plane was found inside the flight’s lavatory, following which security protocol was followed.

Civil aviation minister Ashok Ganapathy Raju tweeted “I am informed that person responsible… has been identified. I am advising the Airlines to put him on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action.”

The Boeing 737-900 flight 9W-339 had departed from Mumbai around 2:55 am and after diversion, landed in Ahmedabad around 3:45 am.

“Jet Airways is extending full cooperation to the security agencies who are investigating the matter and is not in a position to comment further at this stage. The airline regretted the inconvenience caused to its guests and is making efforts to bring them to Delhi at the earliest,” Jet Airways spokesperson said.

Courtesy ; Hindustantimes

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Country	Airport	Area (sq km)
Saudi Arabia	King Fahd International Airport	776
United States	Denver International Airport	135
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur International Airport	100
Turkey	Istanbul Airport	76
China	Beijing Daxing International Airport	46
Egypt	Cairo International Airport	36
Thailand	Suvarnabhumi Airport	32
Spain	Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport	30
Canada	Edmonton International Airport (YEG)	28
Netherlands	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	27
Australia	Brisbane International Airport	27
Germany	Frankfurt Airport	23
India	Rajiv Gandhi International Airport	22

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