Digital Goa, Jan 21 – A Goa-bound chartered flight from the Russian capital Moscow was diverted to Uzbekistan today morning. The flight was diverted in the wee hours of Saturday after a bomb threat. The Azur Air chartered flight from Russia’s Perm International Airport to Goa received a security threat. Following this, the flight was diverted to Uzbekistan. A total of 238 passengers, including 2 infants, and 7 crew are onboard. The flight, AZV2463, was diverted before it entered Indian air space, the airport authority of India official said. It was scheduled to land at the Dabolim airport in Goa at 4.55 am. “It was diverted after an email was received at 12.30 am by the Dabolim airport director that mentioned a bomb being planted on the plane,” informed AAI. Security has been beefed up at Dabolim Airport. This is the second incident of bomb threat on a Moscow-Goa flight in 11 days. On January 9, a charter flight from Moscow to Goa with 244 passengers and crew made an emergency landing at Jamnagar after the Goa Air Traffic Control received an email claiming a bomb threat onboard the international flight.
