New Delhi, a full emergency was imposed at Indira Gandhi International Airport this evening. Flight operations at the airport have also been completely stopped. At around 5:52 pm, a full emergency was declared for Air India flight number 807 from Delhi to Bangalore. Air traffic control had received information about a fire in the AC unit of the flight. There were 175 passengers on board the plane. However, the flight landed safely at around 6.38 pm. Later this emergency was removed.

An airline official told PTI-Bhasha that alternative arrangements are being made for the passengers to go to Bangalore. Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officials said that three fire engines have been deployed. The DFS official said, "We received information about the fire from IGI airport at 6.15 pm. We sent three fire engines."

The incident comes days after the Delhi airport and several hospitals in the national capital were targeted with bomb threats via email on Sunday. The Delhi Fire Service chief said the call regarding a bomb threat at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was received at around 6.15 pm. "We received a call about a bomb threat at the IGI airport at around 6.15 pm. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.

The incident comes after similar threats in Delhi and Ahmedabad recently. Just a few days ago, more than 130 schools in Delhi-NCR received similar emails threatening to blow up the schools. The threats had led to widespread panic