Air India Mumbai-London Flight Gets Bomb Threat An Hour Before Landing

An Air India flight from Mumbai to London declared an emergency onboard after receiving a bomb threat. Today, five Air India flights, two Vistara and two IndiGo flights received bomb threats, adding to a list of threat calls airlines have received this week.

The aircraft was ‘squawking 7700’ – a code used by pilots of an aircraft to declare a general emergency. Online Flight tracking website, FlightRadar24, showed the Boeing 777, operated by Air India, taking off at 7:05 am (IST) from Mumbai circling over East England and declaring an emergency.

The AI129 flight declared an emergency an hour before landing. It was scheduled to land at Heathrow Airport in London at 12:05 pm (UK time).