Air India flight Mumbai-Thiruvananthapuram has to make emergency landing after bomb alert

The Air India flight that made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on August 22, 2024. | Photo credit: Nirmal Harindran

An Air India flight (AI 657 (BOM-TRV) from Mumbai with 135 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Thursday morning (August 22, 2024) following a bomb threat against the aircraft. The flight, which had left Mumbai in the morning, received the bomb alert en route to its destination.

The pilot then relayed the information to the air traffic control in Thiruvananthapuram and requested an emergency landing. A state of emergency was subsequently declared at the airport at 7:36 am and the aircraft landed safely at the airport at around 8:00 am while fire engines and ambulances were on standby. The flight then taxied to the isolation bay where the passengers disembarked.

Security screening of passengers’ luggage is underway. In a statement, airport authorities said the plane landed safely. It is now in Isolation Bay, where baggage screening has begun after passengers disembark.

There were no impacts on life. Airport operations are currently uninterrupted, the statement said.