Passenger raises alarm over mobile chat: Flight gets delayed by 6 hours

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Mangaluru, Aug 15:
A
Mangaluru-Mumbai
flight
was
delayed
by
six
hours
after
a
woman
passenger
raised
an
alarm
about
a
suspicious
text
message
received
on
the
mobile
phone
of
a
fellow
traveller.

All
the
passengers
were
asked
to
alight
from
the
aircraft
and
their
luggage
was
thoroughly
checked
for
any
sabotage
before
the
IndiGo
flight
was
allowed
to
leave
for
Mumbai
on
Sunday
evening,
police
said.

A
woman
passenger
noticed
a
message
on
the
mobile
phone
of
a
man
onboard
the
flight
and
brought
this
to
the
notice
of
the
cabin
crew.

The
crew
alerted
the
Air
Traffic
Controller
and
the
flight
that
was
ready
to
take
off
returned
to
the
bay.

Maldives-bound
Go
First
flight
makes
emergency
landing
in
Coimbatore,
all
safe

The
man
was
chatting
with
his
girlfriend
who
was
to
catch
a
flight
to
Bengaluru
from
the
same
airport.
The
man
was
later
not
allowed
to
board
the
flight
due
to
the
questioning
that
lasted
for
several
hours,
while
his
girlfriend
missed
her
flight
to
Karnataka’s
capital,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

All
the
185
passengers
were
later
reboarded
on
the
Mumbai-bound
flight
after
thorough
checking
of
the
baggage
and
the
aeroplane
left
at
5
pm.

Comments
No
complaint
has
been
filed
till
late
night
as
it
was
a
friendly
chat
between
two
friends
over
security,
city
police
commissioner
N
Shashi
Kumar
said.