New Delhi, December 23: A youth was arrested from the IGI airport here for allegedly threatening to hijack a Mumbai- bound Jet Airways fight after he and his companions entered into an arguement with the crew in an “inebriated condition”.
Police said Anil, hailing from Haryana, also falsely claimed that he had a “bomb in his bag”.
The youth was boarding the plane along with his five companions last night. They began an altercation with the crew over the rescheduling of the flight from 10.30 pm to 12.30 am, according to police.
Amid heated exchanges of words inside the aircraft, Anil allegedly threatened the crew that he would hijack the plane and he had a “bomb in his bag”, police said.
He and his companions were immediately caught by the crew and airport security was alerted.
–PTI