Unclaimed bag recovered from flight

Passengers aboard a Dubai-Amritsar Spicejet flight were off-loaded at the Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport.

July 21, 2016 03:23 pm | Updated 06:22 pm IST - Amritsar

Passengers aboard a Dubai-Amritsar Spicejet flight were off-loaded at the Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport here on Thursday morning after the recovery of a suspicious bag on the flight, sources in the airport said.

The aircraft was removed from the runway and parked in an isolated spot, the sources said, adding that none of the passengers had claimed the bag.

Police sources said information about the bag was received through an anonymous call.

Flight operations at the airport were suspended.

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