London, Jun 27 (IBNS): The bomb threat which resulted in the emergency landing of a US-bound Air India aircraft in London's Stansted airport on Thursday was a hoax, media reports said.
The flight had originated from Mumbai and was headed to Newark airport.
According to Hindustan Times, the flight was escorted by two Typhoons of the Royal Air Force as it landed.
Air India had tweeted: that the AI 191 Mumbai-Newark flight "made a precautionary landing at London Stansted Airport due to bomb threat."
The tweet was deleted minutes later.
"Air India 191 Mumbai-Newark flight has landed safely at London and all passengers are safe. Earlier, the flight had made a precautionary landing due to a bomb threat that was declared hoax," ANI quoted an Air India spokesperson as saying.
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