A Jet Airways flight from India to Bangkok receives bomb threat

 

Photo : JS100 Radio

 

BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi International Airport has exercised an emergency plan after a Jet Airways flight from New Delhi to Bangkok received a bomb threat, Sirote Duangrat, general manager said Wednesday.

JS 100 Radio reported that the airport authorities prepared the plan after the airport’s security centre was alerted through air traffic control centre that the 9W066 flight that was scheduled to land in Bangkok at 8.37pm received a bomb threat.

 

 As a preliminary measure, the aircraft of the flight was taken to an isolated parking stand at the west of the airport and 153 passengers and eight crew were evacuated from the plane.

 

 They and their belongings were searched and Explosive Ordinance Disposal were called in to inspect the loaded luggage and then the aircraft. The search is still continuing at the press time.

 

The JS100 Radio did not say how the airline received the threat.

 

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Unclaimed mobile phone on Jet Airways flight to Bangkok created bomb scare

 

 

An unclaimed mobile phone found in the aircraft cabin of Jet Airways' Delhi-Bangkok flight on Wednesday created a major scare, Times of India online reported.

The crew of this flight, 9W 66, sent a distress message to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Internationa Airport by "squawking" code "7700" (emergency situation) after entering Thai airspace as this phone was suspected to be a bomb, said highly placed sources.

 

Meanwhile on receiving the distress message from the Boeing 737 (VT-JBS),

Suvarnabhumi International Airport has exercised emergency plan after a the flight from New Delhi to Bangkok received a bomb threat, Sirote Duangrat, general manager said Wednesday.

 

JS 100 Radio reported that the airport authorities prepared the plan after the airport’s security centre was alerted through air traffic control centre that the 9W066 flight that was scheduled to land in Bangkok at 8.37pm received a bomb threat.

 

 As a preliminary measure, the aircraft of the flight was taken to an isolated parking stand at the west of the airport and 153 passengers and eight crew were evacuated from the plane.

 

 They and their belongings were searched and Explosive Ordinance Disposal were called in to inspect the loaded luggage and then the aircraft.

 

After all searches, a senior police responsible for security at the airport later told reporters that the situation has returned to normal.

 

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While waiting at the gate at Don Muang there was an abandoned backpack right next to me for almost an hour....i decided to report it to the security but guess what? There was none to be found!

 

Thai around us also had noticed it and all moved away to sit elsewhere...another 30 minutes later a Thai male came to pick it up and went for boarding the plane. 

Latest : Unclaimed mobile phone on Jet Airways flight to Bangkok causes bomb scare

 

 

An unclaimed mobile phone found in the aircraft cabin of Jet Airways' Delhi-Bangkok flight on Wednesday created a major scare, Times of India has reported online. 

Suspecting the phone to be a bomb, the crew of flight 9W066 sent a distress message to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Internationa Airport by "squawking" code “7700” (emergency situation) after entering Thai airspace., said highly placed sources.

 

On receiving the distress message from the Boeing 737 (VT-JBS), Suvarnabhumi International Airport activated an emergency plan for dealing with bomb threats,, said general manager Sirote Duangrat on Wednesday. 

 

JS 100 Radio reported that the airport authorities implemented the plan after the airport’s security centre was alerted through air traffic control centre that the 9W066 flight scheduled to land in Bangkok at 8.37pm had received a bomb threat.

 

As a cautionary measure, the aircraft was taken upon landing to an isolated parking stand at the west of the airport and the 153 passengers and eight crew were evacuated from the plane.

 

They and their belongings were searched and an Explosive Ordinance Disposal team were called in to inspect the loaded luggage and then the aircraft.

 

Later Pol Maj General Surachet Hakparn, commander of Patrol and Special operation division said after all searches, a senior police responsible for security at the airport later told reporters that the situation has returned to normal.

 

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So was an actual bomb threat received by the airline/authorities or was this just a precautionary reaction to the discovery of a lost phone?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

said highly placed sources

the aircraft cleaner  ?

Mobile triggers bomb scare on Jet Airways flight

By The Nation

 

 

Police on Thursday reported that a bomb scare on a Jet Airways flight bound for Bangkok from New Delhi apparently resulted from a miscommunication after a passenger found a mobile phone in the storage space in front of him.

The incident resulted in Suvarnabhumi Airport activating its emergency plan.

 

Deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen said the disruption on Flight 9W066 from New Delhi was just a miscommunication and asked the public not to panic.

 

The India Times reported earlier that the flight crew thought the device might be a bomb component and sent a distress message to Suvarnabhumi International Airport including the code “7700” signaling an emergency situation after entering Thai airspace.

 

Krissana said Suvarnabhumi Airport then activated an emergency plan, which included isolating the aircraft, deplaning passengers, and searching them and their belongings including luggage. A bomb squad was called in to check for explosives.

 

After determining that there was not a threat, police interviewed an Indian couple that found the phone. They said they were on their way to Thailand for a holiday and they had discovered the mobile phone in a bag in the seat pouch in front of their seats. They gave it to a flight attendant so that he could return it to the owner.

 

The flight attendant found a message on the phone, saying “Downloading. Don’t turn off the phone”, Kissana said. The attendant then talked to the captain, and they determined the device was suspicious and warned the airport of a potential bomb threat.

 

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