Emergency declared at Colombo’s BIA after bomb scare on Mumbai-Colombo Vistara flight

An emergency was declared at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake yesterday in response to another reported bomb scare on a Vistara flight from Mumbai to Colombo. Issuing a statement, the Airport Management said that the flight was scheduled to arrive at 15:15 hrs yesterday and a nonspecific call on a bomb threat had been reported to the flight before



landing. 

Accordingly, the security agencies and relevant authorities adopted all precautionary and preventive measures in line with the protocol. The flight with 107 passengers and 8 crew onboard landed safely at the airport at 14:55 hrs. All passengers were swiftly evacuated from the aircraft to the passenger terminal building, and the safety of all passengers was assured.