Hyderabad-Bangkok Nok Air flight Declares Emergency After Bomb Threat, Security Checks Underway

Hyderabad: A panic situation unfolded in wee hours of Saturday when an emergency was declared on the Nok Air Hyderabad-Bangkok flight.

Nok Air flight DD959 which departed from Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and was en route to Don Muang International Airport (DMK) in Bangkok, issued an emergency alert earlier today. 

PRO of GMR, Mukesh said that, “All passengers were safely de-boarded and escorted to the terminal after security checks, while their luggage was also unloaded and thoroughly examined.”

On Thursday, a flight from Nagpur to Kolkata had made an emergency landing at Raipur airport following a bomb threat after which the plane was thoroughly checked at the airport.

Efforts and analysis of security agencies to trace preparators of hoax call threats have fallen flat.

A senior official said that several teams with the help of cyber experts are still working in the matter, but they haven't got any breakthrough into the case as all of their efforts have reached a dead end.

"It is confirmed that VPN has been used to send threats. We are following up with the social media platforms to get more details of the accounts that posted threats," the official said.

During the initial investigation, it was found that the threats were emerging from European countries, but later, when they tried to trace IP address, it was found to be dead end. They could not trace them.

As part of intensified security protocols, the NIA has deployed a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) team at major airports.