#AIUpdate: #AI215 DEL-KTM, which was delayed due to bomb threat took off at 1950 hrs with a change in aircraft after security clearances.

— Air India (@airindiain) January 27, 2016

Bomb scare forces Kathmandu-bound flights to ground in Delhi PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI: Two flights, one each of Air India and Jet Airways, were grounded today just before their departure for Kathmandu from here following a bomb scare. Airport sources said that the two flights were halted after the Jet Airways security office at Indira Gandhi International Airport here received an anonymous call saying there was a “bomb threat” to Air India flight AI-215 and Jet Airways flight 9W 260. The two flights were scheduled to take off for the Nepali capital at 0115 hour and 0130 hours, respectively. This is the second such incident of grounding of an aircraft due to a bomb scare as on Saturday the same flight of Jet Airways was delayed by six hours due to the grounding of the plane after a bomb threat call, which turned out to be a hoax. While 121 passengers were booked on the Air India flight, Jet Airways said it had 122 passengers and seven crew on board its flight 9W 260. The two aircraft have been taken to the isolation bay, where security personnel from Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) are carrying out an extensive search of the baggage and check-in luggage of the passengers, the sources said. Jet Airways Statement: pic.twitter.com/IHifgwKQjw — Jet Airways (@jetairways) January 27, 2016 “Jet Airways flight 9W 260, scheduled to depart from Delhi for Kathmandu at 1325 hrs, has been delayed due to a security alert. All 122 guests and 7 crew have been taken to the departures waiting area at the airport,” Jet Airways said in a statement. National carrier Air India also said that the flight has been delayed due the same reason. #AIUpdate: Flt #AI215 DEL-KTM has been taken to the bay area. Pax have been deboarded & taken to terminal bldg. (1/2) — Air India (@airindiain) January 27, 2016 Security personnel are screening baggage. Flt will depart on receipt of clearances. (2/2) — Air India (@airindiain) January 27, 2016 #AIUpdate #AI 215 DEL-KTM has been further delayed due to a fresh threat call & will take off only after security clearances. (1/2) — Air India (@airindiain) January 27, 2016 The flight is expected to depart at 1730 hrs. Boarding has commenced. (2/2) — Air India (@airindiain) January 27, 2016 READ ALSO: Bomb hoax delays Kathmandu-bound flight at Delhi Jet Airways Kathmandu flight evacuated, second time this week REUTERS NEW DELHI: Passengers on a Kathmandu-bound aircraft of India's Jet Airways were forced to evacuate minutes before take-off from New Delhi on Wednesday due to a security alert, the second such incident this week on the same flight. The plane's doors were closed and it was ready for take-off when the alert was raised, according to a Jet Airways spokesman. All 122 passengers and seven crew members were asked to leave the plane and security agencies were investigating. The incident comes two days after the same Jet Airways' Delhi-Kathmandu 9W 260 flight was delayed due to a security scare, but investigations later found nothing unusual. 'It is the same flight. This is something that doesn't happen normally,' a company spokesman said. Police at Delhi's international airport were not immediately available for comment on what caused the security scare. Indian media said police received an anonymous call warning bombs were on two aircraft. The other aircraft, operated by Air India, was also headed to Nepal's capital Kathmandu. The plane was taken to a bay area and security personnel screened the baggage, the company said on its Twitter account. Security was been beefed up across India this week because of Tuesday's Republic Day parade, at which French President Francois Hollande was the guest of honour.