Bomb threat to Jet’s London flight

Mumbai: Security checks for all London-bound flights from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai will be very stringent over the next few days, barely two months after the UK police foiled a terror plot to blow up planes flying international routes.
The alert came amid a visit by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to Mumbai, but is not connected to her trip. It follows “a very specific threat call’’ to the Jet Airways call centre in Andheri in the wee hours of November 5.
The unidentified caller warned of a bomb on Jet’s Wednesday flight to London. The airline operates a daily service to London, flight 9W 120, which departs for Heathrow at 2:20 am from Mumbai.
While Jet Airways declined comment, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)—it is responsible for security at the airport—is taking no chances and confirmed additional security cover for all London-bound flights.
‘‘We don’t know whether the call was hoax or genuine,’’ said Sanjay Prakash, CISF Senior Commandant.
07/11/06 Mumbai Newsline

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