At Amritsar airport, suspicious bag found in Dubai-Amritsar SpiceJet flight, all passengers safe

Passengers aboard a Dubai-Amritsar Spicejet flight were off-loaded at the Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport here on Thursday morning following the recovery of a suspicious bag on the flight.

Amritsar, July 21: Passengers aboard a Dubai-Amritsar Spicejet flight were off-loaded at the Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport here on Thursday morning following the recovery of a suspicious bag on the flight, airport sources said. A bomb disposal squad of security agencies entered the aircraft to carry out a search operation. The suspicious bag was found in SpiceJet Flight 56, which departed from Dubai at 4.05 am, arrived today morning at 8.51 am in Amritsar.

The aircraft was removed from the runway and parked in an isolated spot for the search, the sources said. Police sources said the information regarding the bag was received through an anonymous call. Flight operations at the airport were suspended following the incident. Sources said none of the passengers had claimed the bag.

The Delhi-Amritsar flight was launched by low cost airline SpiceJet last year. It was launched amid much fanfare, with the introductory offer of Rs 4,999 for a one-way ticket between Kozhikode- Dubai and Amritsar–Dubai.