Air India Flight Diverted After Hijacking Alert and Bomb Threat

Indian media reported that an Air India flight en route from Frankfurt to New Delhi landed at Jaipur Airport after receiving an alert about a possible hijacking and a bomb threat.

Indian media reported that an Air India flight on its way from Frankfurt to New Delhi landed at Jaipur airport after receiving a warning of a possible hijacking and bomb threat.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by Anatoly, an Air India flight from Frankfurt, Germany to New Delhi changed its route and landed in the city of Jaipur in northwest India on Wednesday following a warning of a possible hijacking and bomb threat.

According to the India Today media report, flight number "AI 2030" landed safely at Jaipur International Airport at 9:35 am local time and was transferred to a separate area for security checks.

Initial reports indicate that the air traffic control center received an emergency signal from this plane for a few seconds around 9 am.

According to this report, the pilot had activated the emergency code 7500; International code used to secretly report hijacking or unlawful interference with flight.

The airport management announced that all passengers are safe and getting off the plane. The Hindustan Times also reported, citing police sources, that the emergency landing was made after receiving a bomb threat.

Officials are investigating the dimensions of this incident and preliminary investigations show that the plane's operation was in normal conditions.