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Indian Airlines flight grounded by bomb scare
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An Indian Airlines flight from Patna to New Delhi was delayed after a bomb threat was called into the pilot of the aircraft shortly before take off on 23 November 2004.
Patna airport's director A K Lakhaiyar said that passengers and crew were immediately evacuated from the aircraft and the plane was searched by bomb disposal experts with sniffer dogs.
Lakhaiyar said that passengers at the airport panicked as news of the threat spread, reports PTI.
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