Panaji: An Azur Air Moscow to Goa flight was diverted to Uzbekistan on Saturday after receiving a bomb threat via email, a second such incident involving the Russian airline this month, officials here confirmed.
Director of the Dabolim Airport in South Goa, S.V.T. Dhanamjaya Rao said the flight was supposed to land at 4.38am in the coastal state.
“We received an email of the bomb threat and we soon contacted the airlines and then the plane was diverted to Uzbekistan and landed there,” Rao told IANS.
Airport sources said local police was also informed of the bomb threat mail. Russia's charter plane of Azur Air, offering services to destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America, had a total of 238 passengers on board, including 2 infants and 7 crew members, airport sources confirmed to ANI.
According to airport sources, the flight took off from Perm international airport, located at Bolshoye Savino, 16 kilometres southwest of the city of Perm, Russia.
Additional police force was deployed at the Dabolim Airport in the wake of the incident.
On January 9, the Moscow-Goa Azur Air flight ZF2401 had received a bomb threat and made an emergency landing at the Jamnagar airport in Gujarat.
After thorough checking, the plane landed in Goa the next day.
