An Air India and a Jet Airways flight travelling from Delhi to Kathmandu was delayed today following a bomb threat call. A team of Bomb Disposal Squads (BDS) has reached the venue to check the flights. An Air India and a Jet Airways flight travelling from Delhi to Kathmandu was delayed today following a bomb threat call.

According to sources, the call was received by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airports). The caller, who claimed to have been from Turkey, was using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) due to which the call could not be traced.

An Air India official said that all passengers onboard AI 215 were shifted to the terminus building. All 122 passengers and 7 crew members onboard the Jet Airways flight (9W 260) have been shifted to the waiting area.