INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An Indian passenger flight arriving from Mumbai has made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake
due to a bomb scare.All 96 passengers and 08 crew members of the flight have been evacuated and a special search operation is being carried
Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited has issued a statement regarding the matter confirming that there is no threat over the
reported bomb scare on the Vistara flight UK 131 (A320 Neo) from Mumbai to Colombo.It said that the management of Bandaranaike International
Airport (BIA) adopted all precautionary and preventive measures in response to a reported bomb scare on the Vistara flight from Mumbai to
Colombo, which was scheduled to arrive at 14:51 hrs at the BIA.A nonspecific call on a bomb threat had been reported to the captain of the
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