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Dubai-Hyderabad Emirates Flight Receives Bomb Threat


(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
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Hyderabad- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Friday received a bomb threat to a Dubai-Hyderabad Emirates flight, prompting the aerodrome to initiate standard safety protocols after the aircraft landed, sources said.

The flight EK526 landed safely at 8.30 AM, the airport sources further said.

“On 5th December, 2025, a bomb threat email was received on the Hyderabad airport customer support email ID at 7.30 am for the Dubai to Hyderabad flight EK526. The flight landed safely in Hyderabad at 8.30 am. Standard safety protocols were initiated,” sources told PTI.

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The protocols include isolation of the aircraft, screening of baggage and passengers, keeping fire engines ready and pressing sniffer dogs into service, among others, sources added.

Flight EK526, a Boeing 777-300ER (twin-jet), took off from Dubai at 3.51 am.

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