NEW DELHI – Security personnel evacuated passengers and crew from two aircrafts at New Delhi’s international airport Thursday after receiving anonymous phone calls of explosives being placed in the planes.
It was not immediately known if any explosive was found after three bomb scares in less than 24 hours affecting Indian airlines or airports.
Passengers of an Air India domestic flight from New Delhi to the eastern city of Bhubaneshwar were taken off the aircraft Thursday and their baggage was being checked, Press Trust of India said.
Separately, passengers of a Nepal Airlines jet from New Delhi to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, were ordered off the plane at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The two aircraft were taken to isolation bays and was being searched for explosives.
Late Wednesday, the passengers and crew of an Air India jetliner were evacuated from the plane at Bangkok’s international airport after an apparent bomb hoax.
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