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India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran
India's air force (IAF) said on Monday (October 3) it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an airline bearing Iranian registration transiting through Indian airspace.
The air force said it later received information from Iran's capital Tehran to disregard the bomb scare and the flight continued its journey.
The incident happened in the morning when flight W581 was flying over to Indian airspace.
The jets followed the aircraft at a safe distance and the aircraft was offered the option to land at two airports in north-western India.
The IAF said in a statement: "However, the pilot declared his unwillingness to divert to either of the two airports.”
It said that Tehran later asked the authorities to disregard bomb threat, following which the passenger flight continued on its journey towards China.
"The aircraft was under close radar surveillance by the Air Force throughout the Indian airspace," the statement said.
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Data from FlightRadar24 showed Mahan Air flight W581, which originated from Tehran and was destined for China's Guangzhou, fly in circles a handful of times above northern India, west of New Delhi, before continuing to fly across the country and into Myanmar.
An Indian Air Force spokesman did not confirm the flight number for which fighter jets were scrambled.
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