Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways bomb hoax suspect identified, likely to be put on No-Fly List

The person responsible for the hoax bomb threat on-board a Delhi bound Jet Airways flight has been identified. Jet Airways flight 339 which took off from Mumbai in the wee hours was diverted to Ahmedabad after a hijack threat letter was found in the toilet. The alleged note threatened passengers with bombs and explosives.

Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju has asked the airlines to put the person identified for the hoax on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action.

The flight 9W339, which took off from Mumbai at 0255 hours, landed at Ahmedabad airport at around 0345 hours, after it was diverted for 'security reasons'. All the passengers were asked to deplane and were screened after the aircraft landed at Ahmedabad airport.

A security personnel at Ahmedabad airport said the flight was diverted as there was a specific threat call. The aircraft was taken to an isolation bay after it landed in Ahmedabad. However, no bomb was found after the screening.

The Jet Airways statement said the flight was diverted following "declaration of an emergency as per established security procedures, due to the detection of an onboard security threat".

"We are extending full cooperation to the security agencies who are investigating the matter and are not in a position to comment further at this stage," it said.

Hijack threat letter found in bathroom of Jet Airways 9W339 Mumbai-Delhi flight that was diverted to Ahmedabad earlier today pic.twitter.com/cr8KlKjvIP

- ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2017