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A Vistara flight bound for Mumbai from Paris made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport after a bomb threat note was recovered from an air sickness bag in the aircraft.

The crew members of the Flight UK 024 reported about the threat note at 10:08 am on Sunday, following which the plane that departed from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, made a safe emergency landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport at 10:19 am.

The aircraft was carrying a total of 306 people, of which 12 were crew members and 294 passengers.

Confirming the incident a Vistara spokesperson released a statement saying, “We confirm that a security concern has been noted by our staff while onboard Vistara flight UK 024 operating from Paris to Mumbai on 2 June 2024.”

“Following the protocol, we immediately informed the relevant authorities. The flight has landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and we are fully cooperating with the security agencies for all the mandatory checks,” the spokesperson added.

In a similar incident, a Vistara flight from Delhi to Srinagar received a bomb threat note mid-air on Friday. The plane had 177 passengers onboard. However, all the passengers and crew were later evacuated.

Again, last week, another Varanasi to New Delhi Indigo flight also received a similar threat, which was later deemed as a hoax after thorough investigation.

The three circumstances developed in the wake of a series of bomb threats received by schools, colleges, hotels, hospitals, government establishments and airports across India. However, nothing suspicious has been found so far after extensive searches.