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Mumbai: A Mumbai-bound Delta Airlines flight carrying 244 passengers from Amsterdam to Mumbai on Thursday night landed in emergency conditions at the airport here after an unidentified object was noticed in the aircraft's cargo-hold.
The plane, which touched down at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at about 2320 hours, was taken to an isolated bay where all the passengers disembarked before an anti-explosive squad searched the plane and the cargo-hold.
"Full emergency was declared at the airport for Delta 70 Amsterdam-Mumbai flight which landed at 2320 hours", an airport
The information about the presence of the unidentified object in the palate of the cargo-hold was given by a Delta staffer in Amsterdam, airport sources said
landed in emergency conditions at the airport here after an unidentified object was noticed in the aircraft's cargo-hold.
The information about the presence of the unidentified object in the palate of the cargo-hold was given by a Delta staffer in Amsterdam, airport sources said.
Delta Airlines said it had "requested a precautionary rescreening" of the cargo shipment.
"We are cooperating with the authorities in their assessment," Delta's Susan Elliott said.