Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (PTI) A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Thursday following a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai, airport sources said.

The flight landed at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay, they said.

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Passengers are being evacuated from the flight, they said.

The bomb threat was communicated by the pilot as the aircraft approached the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the sources said.

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There were 135 passengers onboard, they said, adding details on the origin of the threat and other information are awaited.

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