Indian passenger plane with 150 people on board makes emergency landing over bomb threat

An Indian passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing after authorities received a telephone call saying there was a bomb planted on board. 

The GoAir plane, carrying 150 passengers, was en route from the eastern city of Bhubaneshwar to Mumbai when the call was received, and the aircraft landed in the western city of Nagpur.

The passengers were offloaded and airport security searched the aircraft and baggage earlier this morning, the budget airline said.

A GoAir plane carrying 150 passengers was en route from Bhubaneshwar to Mumbai when authorities received an anonymous call that a bomb had been planted aboard

GoAir said 'there was no bomb found on board the aircraft' and passengers 'are now being boarded' after the plane was authorised to take off again for Mumbai.

The carrier said local police were investigating the threat. 

Yesterday MailOnline reported how a Scandinavian Airlines plane carrying 72 people from London to Stockholm was forced to make an emergency landing after a bomb threat.

The plane was parked at a remote area of the Landvetter airport in Gothenburg, on Sweden's west coast, where it was met by a bomb squad to search the aircraft.

All passengers and crew were evacuated and later issued with free meal voucher which gave the terrifyingly blunt reason for their diversion as: 'Bomb'. 

The drama was relayed on Twitter by British professional racing driver Tom Onslow-Cole while stranded on the plane on the tarmac.

'No sugar coating': Mr Onslow-Cole later tweeted this picture of his meal voucher given to him while he waits at Gothenburg airport which rather bluntly states the reason for it being issued was a 'bomb' for the emergency landing yesterday (Friday)

British professional racing driver Tom Onslow-Cole relayed the drama on Twitter while sitting on the plane after landing at Gothenburg yesterday. He tweeted this selfie, saying: 'Anyone know what's happening?'

He tweeted a selfie while pulling a worried face, saying: 'Took off for Stockholm, just landed in Gothenburg... this could get interesting. Anyone know what's happening?

'Plane came down quickly, parked straight up at the end of the runway. Crew and captain is on the bus with us #Iffy.'

He later posted: 'Soooo, it was a bomb threat/scare.

'We are all safe and off the plane, big shout out to the pilot and crew for keeping their cool!'

After disembarking, Mr Onslow-Cole tweeted a picture of his meal voucher given to him while he waits at Gothenburg airport which rather bluntly stated the reason for it being issued was a 'bomb'.