BENGALURU: A 48-year-old flyer on an Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Kochi was offloaded from the flight and an FIR booked against him as he made a 'bomb' remark after his hand baggage was checked on the aircraft. The incident happened just before the flight was about to take off on Sunday evening from Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport. According to Airport police, the incident happened at 5.25 pm, just five minutes before the scheduled departure of flight No. He also blurted out that his bag had a bomb in it.”The airline then alerted the CISF’s Airport Security Group control room. The personnel arrived and offloaded the passenger and took him to the airport police station.

Source: Indian Express January 30, 2024 07:52 UTC