Amid bomb threat, no bomb was found in Air India Express plane during investigation. The plane landed in Singapore more than an hour after its scheduled arrival time. Police gave this information on Wednesday.
Police said no bomb was found after a low-cost airline plane from the Indian city of Madurai completed security checks at Changi Airport. The airline received information via e-mail about a bomb on flight AXB684, which landed at Singapore’s Changi Airport at 8:50 pm on Tuesday.
The aircraft landed at 10.04 pm under the protection of two F-15 fighter planes of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). Police said they received a call about the bomb threat at 8.25pm and completed the investigation after the plane landed, The Straits Times reported.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and action will be taken against those deliberately creating public fear. Flight tracker Flightradar24 showed the plane circled over Singapore’s east for about an hour before landing.
“Two of our RSAF F-15SG aircraft diverted the aircraft away from the populated area and safely landed at Singapore’s Changi Airport at about 10.04pm tonight,” Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post. “Our ground-based air defense systems and explosive ordnance disposal teams were also activated.” He said that as soon as the plane landed, the responsibility of investigation was handed over to the airport police.
