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A chartered flight from Moscow that was headed to Goa with 240 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan in the early hours of this morning after authorities at the Dabolim airport in the state received an email stating that there was a bomb on the plane, according to the police. The email claimed that there was a bomb on the plane.
In a span of less than two weeks, this is the second incident of this kind to occur on the route between Moscow and Goa involving the same airline.
According to a senior police official who spoke with the news agency Press Trust of India, the flight, which was operated by the Russian airline Azur Air, was scheduled to touch down at the Dabolim airport in South Goa at 4:15 am.
#BREAKING: Aircraft flying from Moscow to Goa makes emergency landing in Jamnagar, Gujarat after a phone call received at Goa ATC that there is a bomb onboard. Precautionary checking underway after emergency landing at isolation bay of Jamnagar. Senior police officers on ground. pic.twitter.com/E9BDe7Uitf
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) January 9, 2023
“The office of the director of the Dabolim airport received an email at 12:30 in the morning stating that a bomb had been planted on the flight (AZV2463), which caused the flight to be rerouted to Uzbekistan. The flight was rerouted so that it did not enter Indian airspace before it was stopped. It arrived at an airport in Uzbekistan at approximately 4:30 in the morning “he shared his thoughts with India’s Press Trust. He stated that in addition to the passengers, there were seven members of the crew present.
As a result of a bomb threat, a flight that was supposed to go from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an unexpected landing in Jamnagar, Gujarat, on January 9. Azur Air was the airline that was operating that flight as well.
Following the receipt of the threatening mail, the Dabolim airport was placed on high alert, and members of the Goa Police Department’s Quick Response Team (QRT), Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), and dog squad were stationed at the facility as a preventative measure, according to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (Vasco), Salim Shaikh. According to what he said, “additional police force was brought in at the airport.”
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According to sources who spoke to Press Trust of India, the mail containing the threat was delivered to the office of Azur Air in Russia during the incident that occurred on January 9, but during this incident, it was delivered to the office of the Dabolim airport director.
According to a senior official at the Dabolim airport, a complaint is going to be filed with the police in connection with the incident.
