New Delhi: The security agencies at the Delhi airport have mounted a search operation after SpiceJet received a call claiming a bomb had been placed on a Darbhanga-Delhi flight. The plane landed safely at 6 pm today.

The company said in a statement that the flight SG 8496, operating from Darbhanga to Delhi, was taken to an isolated bay at the Delhi airport. The security agencies are currently carrying out a thorough search of the aircraft to eliminate the possibility of explosives on the plane.

The threat call was received by the company’s reservation office.

The passengers were swiftly deplaned after the flight landed in Delhi.

“On 24th January, a call was received at the SpiceJet reservation office about a bomb in the aircraft operating flight SG 8496 from Darbhanga to Delhi. The flight landed safely at Delhi airport at 6 pm and the aircraft was moved to an isolated bay,” SpiceJet said in a statement.

“Passengers have been deplaned safely and the aircraft is undergoing a thorough search by security agencies,” the company added.