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Ahmedabad Airport Receives Bomb Threat Call, Turns Out to be Hoax

Following the bomb threat call, security was tightened up at Ahmedabad airport.

Ahmedabad Airport Receives Bomb Threat Call, Turns Out to be Hoax
Ahmedabad Airport (Credits: Twitter)

Ahmedabad, February 3: Authorities at Ahmedabad airport received a hoax call about a bomb at Terminal 2 in the wee hours of Sunday. Following the bomb threat call, security was tightened up at Ahmedabad airport. Flight operations remained normal.

"A bomb threat call for T-2 (International Terminal) was received through Air India office, Mumbai at 03:38 am," Director, SVP International Airport, Ahmedabad, told news agency ANI. Bomb Threat Assessment Committee assessed the call as 'non-specific', he added.

Security was beefed up following the threat call. No flight was disrupted at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

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