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Three international flights of Vistara airline and an Air India Express flight flight were received bomb threats, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said .
One of the Vistara aircraft was diverted to Frankfurt as a precautionary measure while Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at the airport in Jaipur.
In a statement, a Vistara spokesperson said the three flights operating out of Delhi received security threats on social media on Friday and as per protocol, all the relevant authorities were promptly alerted.
The officials said the flights to London, Paris and Hong Kong from the national capital received bomb threats that later turned out to be hoaxes.
“Vistara flight UK17 operating from Delhi to London was diverted to Frankfurt as a precautionary measure. The aircraft landed at Frankfurt Airport safely and we fully cooperated with the authorities to complete the necessary checks following which, the flight was cleared to conclude the journey,” the spokesperson said.
The flight later landed at London at around 1140 pm local time on Friday.
