Pune to Delhi flight diverted to Mumbai over bomb hoax

A Delhi-bound Akasa Air flight carrying 185 passengers from Pune made an emergency landing at the Mumbai Airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag, officials said on Saturday.

The flight, which was diverted to the Mumbai airport, landed in the early hours of today after some 40 minutes following takeoff from the Pune airport, the airlines said in a statement today.

The flight finally departed for its original destination around 6 am today after the bomb claim turned out to be a hoax.