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Singapore police find no suspicious items on bomb-threatened flight

The airline received bomb-threat messages on flight AXB684 bound for Singapore from India, which landed at Changi Airport on Tuesday evening, escorted by fighter jets.

16 Oct 2024 12:33pm
An Air India Express's newly-acquired Boeing 737-800 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Mumbai's domestic airport as another aircraft takes off, 24 May 2007. - (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP / FILES)
An Air India Express's newly-acquired Boeing 737-800 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Mumbai's domestic airport as another aircraft takes off, 24 May 2007. - (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP / FILES)
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SINGAPORE - Singapore police said no threatening items were found onboard Air India Express flight AXB684 after security checks, reported Xinhua quoting local media on Wednesday.

The airline received bomb-threat messages on flight AXB684 bound for Singapore from India, which landed at Changi Airport on Tuesday evening, escorted by fighter jets, Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on social media.

The following investigations were ongoing. - BERNAMA

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