Mumbai, March 10 -- An Air India flight from Mumbai to New York (AI119) was forced to return mid-air on Monday following a bomb threat.
A note threatening a blast was discovered in the aircraft's washroom eight hours after takeoff, according to Air India statement.
The Boeing 777 aircraft, with 303 passengers and 19 crew members on board, was flying over Azerbaijan when it changed course and returned to Mumbai. Following its landing, bomb-detection procedures were carried out. The threat alert was found to be a hoax.
Confirming the security threat finding, a senior police officer of the Mumbai police's Zone 8 said, "It is like a usual threat note found in the toilet, and with that, further investigation is on according to standard proced...