Jet Airways bomb hoax triggers panic in Nepal

	Sudeshna Sarkar (IANS) Kathmandu, September 29, 2005|00:05 IST A message received at Nepal's only international airport of a bomb in a Jet Airways flight from India on Thursday turned out to be a hoax. But the incident triggered panic and scary memories. The memory of an Indian aircraft hijacked from Kathmandu in 1999 was revived at Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport here when the airport authorities received a message that an Indian aircraft flying in from New Delhi had a bomb in it. There was alarm at the airport as the aircraft belonging to private Indian airline Jet Airways, carrying 115 passengers and nine cabin crew, flew in. The authorities activated all security agencies, along with the fire brigade, a rescue squad and emergency services, and the Boeing 737 was made to land at the airport at 1.40 pm. After the landing, it was parked separately, passengers were evacuated and their belongings unloaded. However, the threat turned out to be a hoax with nothing suspicious being discovered on board. Ultimately, the aircraft was released for its regular flight to New Delhi at 5 pm. The authorities did not say immediately how they received information about a possible bomb.

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