Emergency landing of a plane at Nagpur airport; Passenger arrested for talking about bomb at airport

Aviation: After completing the process of boarding the flight from Kochi to Kuala Lumpur, the security officer asked Rashid about the weight of his luggage. To this, he jokingly said that there is a 'bomb' in it. After this, the officials took immediate action and informed the police.

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Emergency landing of a plane at Nagpur airport; Passenger arrested for talking about bomb at airport

A passenger was arrested at the Kochi International Airport after the man made a joke about a bomb being inside his bag. Airport officials handed the Kozhikode man to the Nedumbassery police after this incident that took place at around 11:30 pm on Wednesday night.

According to the police, after completing the process of boarding the flight from Kochi to Kuala Lumpur, the security officer asked Rashid about the weight of his luggage. To this, he jokingly said that there is a 'bomb' in it. After this, the officials took immediate action and informed the police. Police said a case has been registered against Rashid and he was later released.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai had to make an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra. There were 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board the flight. A senior Nagpur airport official said that due to technical problems, the flight was diverted and an emergency landing was made around midnight on Wednesday. Another official said that there were 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board the flight.

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