Jet Airways flight diverted following hijack threat
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IBNS): Triggering panic, a man created a hijack scare on Jet Airways Mumbai-Delhi flight on Monday.
He has reportedly confessed that he planted a threat note in a toilet of the flight.
The note triggered the hijack alarm.
The passenger is being questioned by the Gujarat police, NDTV reported.
The man has been identified as Salla Birju.
Jet Airways flight 9W339 took off from Mumbai but was later diverted to Ahmedabad city in Gujarat.
It landed in the Gujarat city.
After landing in Ahmedabad, the passengers were screened and their bags were checked.
122 passengers and seven crew members were flying in the lfight.
Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju tweeted: "I am informed that person responsible for Jet flt 339 (Mum-Del) incident causing the landing at Ahmedabad today morn. has been identified."
He advised the airlines to put the person on No-Fly list.
"I am advising the Airlines to put him on the No-Fly list immediately, in addition to other statutory criminal action," he said.
Picture: Representative Image of JetAirways
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