Delhi Police file FIR after bomb threat forces emergency landing of US flight

The Delhi Police on Monday registered a case a day after an American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome following a bomb threat, The New Indian Express reported.

The threat was received through an email on Sunday, the newspaper quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani as saying.

The aircraft was diverted to the Italian capital in line with the security protocol.

The first information report was registered based on a complaint filed by the airline, the police said.

The case has been filed under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to false information and criminal intimidation by anonymous communication, and the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act.

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