Bomb Hoax Scares Passengers On Thai Flight

[Jai Dee]

Bomb hoax scares passengers on THAI flight

A flight of Thai Airways International leaving for India was briefly delayed Wednesday morning following a bomb hoax, police said.

An official at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport received a phone call at 10:30 am, saying there was a bomb planted on the TG521 flight scheduled to leave for Chennai, India.

At that time, some passengers have already boarded the plane.

Tourist police and officers from Racha Theva police district station rushed to the airport and evacuated passengers from the plane.

Police checked through all baggage but did not find any bomb.

Passengers were later allowed to board the plane, which eventually took off.

Source: The Nation - 20 December 2006