In Photos: Thiruvananthapuram airport put on high alert after bomb threat scare on AI flight

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The emergency status was withdrawn at around 12.10 pm, according to airport sources who declined to confirm whether the threat was a hoax

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Police officers from the Valiyathura police station arrived at the airport to investigate the incident

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Earlier in the morning, the pilot of the aircraft informed the ATC about the threat after a 'Bomb in flight' message, written on a tissue paper, was found in the washroom of the plane, the sources told PTI

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The bomb threat was communicated by the pilot at 7.30 am as the aircraft approached the Thiruvananthapuram airport, the sources told PTI

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Subsequently, a full emergency was declared at the airport at 7.36 am, they said