British Airways trainee agent arrested for hoax bomb call to SpiceJet flight in Delhi

British Airways trainee ticketing agent was on Friday arrested for a hoax bomb call to SpiceJet flight on Thursday. 

After receiving the bomb threat call, the airlines had halted the departure and conducted a thorough search. 

However, the authorities did not find anything suspicious on the plane. 

After the incident was reported, the Delhi Police had constituted a special team to trace the caller.

The incident happened when the Delhi-Pune SpiceJet was scheduled to depart from the IGI Airport at 6.30 PM on Thursday and just before the take-off, a call was received at the SpiceJet reservation office about a bomb in the aircraft.

During that time, the boarding of passengers for the flight had not started and after the call was received, the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay and was thoroughly inspected by security officials.

Identified as Abhinav Prakash, the trainee ticketing agent of British Airways was arrested for making a hoax bomb call to the SpiceJet call center at IGI Airport in Delhi.

During that time, the boarding of passengers for the flight had not started and after the call was received, the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay and was thoroughly inspected by security officials.

Identified as Abhinav Prakash, the trainee ticketing agent of British Airways was arrested for making a hoax bomb call to the SpiceJet call center at IGI Airport in Delhi.