Indian flight lands at BIA due to bombs scare; search underway

An Indian passenger flight arriving from Mumbai has made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake due to a bomb scare.

All 96 passengers and 08 crew members of the flight have been evacuated and a special search operation is being carried out in the aircraft at the BIA, Sri Lanka’s Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said.

Meanwhile, the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited has issued a statement regarding the matter confirming that there is no threat over the reported bomb scare on the Vistara flight UK 131 (A320 Neo) from Mumbai to Colombo.