Mumbai, February 07: An Emirates airline plane enroute to Dubai aborted take-off at the Mumbai airport on Sunday after an anonymous caller rang up to say that there was a terrorist onboard.
The Emirates Mumbai-Dubai flight EK-502, carrying about 356 passengers, was already on runway and scheduled to take off at 9.58 am when the anonymous call came at 9.30 am, an airport official said.
Following the call, the flight was called back from the runway and all passengers deplaned.
"Checking is on now," an airport official said, adding two passengers were being questioned.
Sources said the anonymous caller gave specific information that the terrorist was occupying seat no 17F.
The development comes in the wake of a threat of terrorists possibly hijacking an Indian plane and crashing it either in an Indian city or in the UK.
------Agencies
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