Security tightened at Chennai airport after bomb threat call
India | February 27, 2021 23:48 ISTSecurity was tightened at the airport in Chennai following a threat call, police said on Saturday.
Security was tightened at the airport in Chennai following a threat call, police said on Saturday.
The Chennai Air Customs seized 4.77 kgs gold worth Rs. 2.41 crores, foreign currency worth Rs. 5.13 lakhs, iPhones, cigarettes and health supplements worth Rs 19.15 lakhs at Chennai International Airport. All of these are valued at about Rs 2.65 cror
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On October 19, customs officials at Chennai International Airport seized 635 gms of gold worth Rs. 33.3 lakh from 2 passengers under Customs Act.
The customs department at Chennai International Airport on Saturday recovered 681 grams of gold, worth Rs 29.4 lakhs from two passengers.
An IndiGo spokesperson said, "IndiGo A320 was operating Chennai-Kuwait 6E-1751. After take-off from Chennai, the pilot observed a momentary message of the smoke detector in the aft cargo compartment."
The pilot of the flight received the nod of airport authorities to return after he noticed the glitches. The aircraft then landed safely at the Chennai airport.
The man used the fake ticket to enter the airport to see off his Hong Kong-bound girlfriend in the morning and was nabbed by the CISF personnel who questioned him when he tried to exit, the police said.
A Singapore-bound flight of Scoot airline, which took off from Tiruchirapalli, made an emergency landing at the Chennai airport on Monday following a "cargo smoke warning trigger", the private carrier said.
The flight landed safely. Nobody was injured in the incident and all 170 passengers were safely disembarked, they said.
The A320 aircraft, which landed from Kolkata in the evening, was towed away as there were some issues with the nose steering wheel.
The bus caught fire when it was nearing the arrival point with about 50 passengers on board.
The crew alleged that they were searched after de-boarding on the suspicion that they were swindling cash collected from the sale of food and other items on-board.
The call was made to an airline operating flights between here and Hyderabad, and security measures have been put in place, officials said.
The victim hailed from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh and was reportedly working in tech firm Accenture in Bengaluru.
The fog also resulted in delayed departure and arrival of seven flights this morning, airport officials added.
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