Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing in London Due to Bomb Threat

London, June 27, 2019:

An Air India flight has made an emergency landing at the Stansted airport this afternoon, it has been reported. The Air India plane has been escorted into Stansted by fighter jets to make an emergency landing due to a bomb threat.

The Air India Mumbai-Newark flight made the precautionary landing at London’s Stansted Airport due to a suspected 'bomb threat'.

The flight -- AI 191 service between Mumbai and Newark -- has reportedly been taken to an isolated spot.

The airport said in a statement that the airport was briefly shut down during the Air India flight's landing. The runway has re-opened now and is fully operational, leading one to believe that the threat has been averted.

A Stansted Airport spokesperson said: “An Air India Boeing 777 diverted into Stansted at approximately 1015 this morning.

“The aircraft, which was flying from Mumbai to New York, landed safely with Essex Police in attendance.

“It is parked on an isolated stand away from the normal airport operations. This resulted in some minor delays to flights, but we expect operations to return to normal shortly.”

Someone near the scene posted on Twitter: "Just heard a very loud fast plane go over my house to land at Stansted. Something not right."

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