Singapore Airlines bomb hoax: flight from Mumbai escorted by fighter jets after pilot raised alarm.
A Singapore Airlines plane from Mumbai was escorted to Changi Airport by Singapore’s air force and touched down safely on Tuesday morning, after the pilot raised a bomb threat alert.
After the plane left Mumbai, the airline received a call claiming that there was a bomb on-board, The Straits Times reported. The plane signalled an emergency during landing and other planes around it were diverted, a map from live flight tracker website Flightradar24 shows. Later, some passengers took videos of the RSAF jets lined up next to the plane, he said, adding that when the plane landed, passengers were told to remain seated.
“At the back of my mind I was thinking: ‘What will Singapore Airlines do about this?’ Imagine the mental anguish that some passengers experienced ... would there be any compensation for that?”A spokesman from the Singapore police told The Straits Times no suspicious items were found on the plane after it landed at Changi Airport.
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