Bomb hoax at Chandigarh Airport, flights delayed

Chandigarh, August 30
Scores of passengers at the Chandigarh airport were stranded following the recovery of a tissue paper inside a Kingfisher airplane this afternoon, which read that the plane would explode in 90 minutes.
All passengers were asked to de-board by the authorities. The UT police and the security agencies, including the CRPF, reached the spot along with a bomb disposal squad and carried out a two-hour-long search. However, nothing was found. The police has registered a case against unidentified persons.
The Kingfisher flight number IT 3185 in which the note was found was thus delayed by more than two hours. It departed at 5:45 pm for Mumbai, while the scheduled time of the departure was 3.40 pm. The flight left with 100 passengers and six crew members.
Another flight of the same airlines meant for New Delhi was also delayed by over two hours. As the airbus parked in the apron area was being searched, another plane arrived from New Delhi. It was kept on the runway till the security personnel completed their search till 5.30 pm, said sources.
The Chandigarh police has registered a case under section 506 (criminal intimidation) against unidentified persons. The SHO of police station Sector 31, Inspector Jaspal Singh, said the case had been registered against unidentified persons and it seemed to be a prank played by a passenger.
“The tissue paper was found stuck on a seat. It seems to be a prank, we will obtain the record of the passengers from the Kingfisher authorities for investigations,” he said.