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Agence France-Presse

Singapore scrambled fighter aircraft to escort an Air India Express plane after an email warning about a possible bomb on board, the city state’s defence minister said.
Indian airlines have received a number of hoax bomb threats in recent days.
“Air India Express received an email that there was a bomb on board flight AXB684 that was bound for Singapore,” Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post.
He said two air force F-15 jets were deployed on Tuesday to escort the jet “away from populated areas” before it landed safely at Changi Airport in the late evening.
“Our Ground Based Air Defence systems and Explosive Ordnance Disposal team were also activated. Once on the ground, the plane was handed to the airport police,” Ng added.
Investigations are under way, he said.


Air India Express is a budget subsidiary of Indian flag carrier Air India.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, a hoax bomb threat forced an Air India plane to make an emergency landing in Canada, the airline said.
The passenger aircraft, flying from India’s capital New Delhi to Chicago, was the subject of “a security threat posted online” and as a “precautionary measure” landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada, Air India said.
The aircraft and passengers were being “rescreened as per the laid down security protocol”, the company said.
“Air India notes that it, and other local airlines, have been subject to a number of threats in recent days,” it added. “Though all have subsequently been found to be hoaxes, as a responsible airline operator all threats are taken seriously.”
Indian media reported that an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was diverted mid-air to Delhi after a false alert on Monday.
Similar hoaxes were received by India’s low-cost operator IndiGo regarding two flights that were to take off – to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and to Muscat in Oman, according to Indian media.


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Two F-15s escorted the aircraft away from populated areas before it landed safely at Changi Airport


Two F-15s escorted the aircraft away from populated areas before it landed safely at Changi Airport.


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Singapore scrambles fighter jets after bomb threat on Air India Express plane

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Two F-15s escorted the aircraft away from populated areas before it landed safely at Changi Airport

Two F-15s escorted the aircraft away from populated areas before it landed safely at Changi Airport