Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Aug 14: A flight journey was cut short and all the passengers were alighted from the aircraft and the flight was intensely checked for any sabotage on Sunday, August 14, in the afternoon at the international airport here.

One of the passengers in the Indigo flight from Mangaluru to Mumbai, noticed a young boy and a girl chatting on the mobile. He got suspicious and brought this to the notice of the cabin crew. Immediately, all the passengers on board were deboarded and the whole flight was checked for any sabotage.

The girl was waiting for her flight to go to Bengaluru while the boy was ready to fly to Mumbai. Police sources said that both were friends and they spoke about the security just for fun.

Reacting to the incident, the airport authority has said, "Officially, as the airport, we have nothing to state about the incident. We request you to reach out to local law enforcement agencies for details."

City police commissioner N shashi Kumar said, "Two friends were chatting on WhatsApp and another person has overseen the message where he saw some issue which led to panic. The indigo flight borne from Mangaluru to Mumbai was stalled. As of now no complaint has been lodged.