India News | Received Hoax Call About Bomb in Delhi-Pune Flight on Thursday: SpiceJet

New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) SpiceJet has said that a call received on Thursday about a bomb in its Delhi-Pune flight was later declared a hoax.

On Thursday, a call was received at the SpiceJet reservation office about a bomb in the aircraft scheduled to operate flight SG 8938 (Delhi-Pune).

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At that time, boarding of passengers for the flight had not started, an airline spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.

Following the call, the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay and was thoroughly inspected by security officials.

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"Nothing suspicious was found. The call was later declared as hoax," the spokesperson said.

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