Akasa Air Mumbai-Varanasi flight receives bomb threat

Tensions erupted at Varanasi Airport after a flight of Akasa Airlines from Mumbai to Varanasi received a bomb threat through a tweet on social media.

The Air Traffic Control informed the captain of the plane about the bomb threat after which all possible emergency procedures were followed and the plane was landed at Varanasi.

The aircraft landed on a separate runway and passengers disembarked immediately. 

CISF personnel conducted a thorough search of the plane for about an hour. Nothing was found during checking.