Overview
- RGIA customer support received the threat Wednesday night, warning of a blast timed to Gulf Air flight GF274’s arrival from Bahrain.
- The email’s subject invoked “Holy Jihad” and cited the flight number, with copies sent to multiple airport addresses including the lost and found inbox.
- Airport protocols were activated as the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee labeled the alert non-specific, CISF increased surveillance, and BDDS conducted terminal sweeps.
- The aircraft landed safely and later departed, and searches across check-in and arrival areas turned up no suspicious items.
- Police registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the email’s origin and identify the sender, who claimed the name Tamil Liberation Organisation.