The Air Traffic Control was informed and the flight was diverted to Raipur. Upon landing, it was immediately taken to the isolation bay for mandatory security checks, the police official said.
According to reports, the CISF team came into action and alerted the Sahar Police station and immediately deployed officers to the airport for a detailed investigation.
The FBI said it was aware of multiple non-credible bomb threats to polling locations in several states and said many of them appeared to originate from Russian email domains.
A complaint was immediately lodged with the Airport Police by Air India strictly adhering to the laid down security protocols, an Air India Spokesperson said without providing additional details of the incident.
A message claiming a bomb had been placed on Air India's flight from Delhi to Mumbai via Indore was posted on a social media platform which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Wednesday.
The temple received bomb threats in the wake of similar threats issued to Tirputai-based hotels in the last three days.
Bomb threat: As of Saturday, in 13 days, more than 300 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received hoax bomb threats.
The sender wrote a threat email to at least ten hotels demanding ransom. He wrote, "Contact me on my primary email address: shaikha.nasser20077@gmail.com." He demanded USD 55,000.
Three hotels in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, received bomb threats via email, leading to extensive searches by local police and sniffer dogs. Authorities confirmed the threats were a hoax. Investigations are underway to trace the source of the threats linked to drug kingpin Jaffer Sidiq.
Over the last 9 days, nearly 170 flights, domestic and international, have received bomb threats. These threats turned out to bo hoaxes but caused widespread panic and financial losses to airlines.
The bomb threats to CRPF schools followed an explosion near a CRPF school in Delhi on October 20. Following a blast near the school in Delhi's Prashant Vihar, officials recovered a white powder-like substance.
Hoax bomb threats: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said the Centre is taking it very seriously and wants to ensure that these kinds of incidents don't happen.
Over 20 flights from Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday, prompting emergency responses, though many threats this week have been confirmed as hoaxes.
According to the information received, upon receiving the threat, airport authorities immediately took action, guiding the aircraft to an isolated area of the airport for further inspection.
70 bomb threats in a week caused a huge loss to the airlines, adding hardships to hundreds of passengers as well as staff at airports.
Earlier today, five flights of IndiGo, one each of Vistara and Air India Express received bomb threats leading to emergency landings of the aircraft in some cases. In a few days, 40 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats.
Earlier today, authorities were alerted at the Jaipur Airport as an Air India Express flight made an emergency landing following a bomb threat which later turnout out to be a hoax.
Flight bomb threat: More than 20 flights received bomb threats this week, leading to diversions and rescheduling of flights and sending security forces into a tizzy.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said he can't comment on any kind of a conspiracy but from whatever little bit he knows. these calls are coming from some minors and pranksters.
Earlier on Wednesday, seven flights of IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa received similar bomb threats. Prior to that, nearly a dozen flights operated by Indian carriers received similar threats on Monday and Tuesday.
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