12 hijackers on board, bomb in cargo: Letter on Jet Airways flight demands it land in PoK

A Jet Airways Mumbai-New Delhi flight was diverted to Ahmedabad shortly after some “security issues” were detected onboard early on Monday.

An airline official said the security issues pertained to a potential hijack and bomb threat.

The Boeing 737-900 was scheduled to land in Delhi at about 5 am.

The flight with 122 passengers, including seven crew, landed safely in a remote bay at the Ahmedabad airport, and all passengers were disembarked and screened.

The pilot alerted Ahmedabad airport authorities about the threat, the official said.

A Jet Airways spokesperson said: “The aircraft landed without incident at Ahmedabad and was parked at a remote bay, where all 115 guests and 7 crew members were safely deplaned.”

According to ANI, a letter threatening to hijack the plane was found inside the flight’s lavatory, following which security protocol was followed.