Bomb hoax on plane triggers panic at Raja Bhoj Airport
   Date :09-Sep-2022

Raja Bhoj Airport  
 
 
Staff Reporter
information of a bomb on an Indigo flight from Raja Bhoj Airport to Agra triggered panic in Bhopal on Thursday. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans immediately stopped the passengers in security hold area itself and started checking the aircraft. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when the information turned out to be hoax. Due to this the flight got delayed by about half-an-hour.
According to information, at around 9 am on Thursday morning, CISF control room was informed that an explosive material had boarded on the flight going from Hyderabad to Bhopal via Agra.
CISF staff was shocked on this information. Immediately an alert message was issued from control room and the jawans were asked to stay alert. By that time passengers coming from Hyderabad to Bhopal had landed and the passengers going from Bhopal to Agra were about to board the plane. For safety, passengers were asked to stop. The plane was immediately checked, but no explosive material was found on the plane.
It was learnt that a woman employee of IndiGo had called CISF on noticing a suspicious object. Later, when the situation became clear, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. On receiving the information, officials of Intelligence Bureau and of Police Administration rushed to the spot.
According to Deputy Commandant of CISF and In-charge of Airport Security Maan Singh information about the bomb was not true, but from security point of view, after being completely satisfied, we allowed the flight to take-off. However, the flight was delayed by 25 minutes in this round.
Employees mistook it as mock drill Mock drills are regularly conducted at airports in order to review security arrangements. During this, mutual coordination between security agencies is tested. But on Thursday, everyone was surprised by the information about the bomb. Airport staff first thought it was a mock drill, but later after understanding the situation, everyone immediately swung into action. Although information of bomb turned out to be hoax, after which everyone heaved a sigh of relief.