Oman A332 near Mumbai on Jun 22nd 2013, bomb hoax

Last Update: June 23, 2013 / 13:46:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 22, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-823

Departure
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-DF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Oman Air Airbus A330-200, registration A4O-DF performing flight WY-823 from Muscat (Oman) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) with 190 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 90nm southwest of Mumbai (India) when the crew was informed by the airline, that a bomb threat against the flight had been received on the ground. The crew decided to divert to Mumbai where the aircraft landed safely on runway 27 about 20 minutes later.

The aircraft taxied to a remote stand, where aircraft, luggage and passengers were searched without finding anything suspicious.

The aircraft departed Mumbai after 7.5 hours on the ground and reached Kuala Lumpur with a delay of 9 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 22, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-823

Departure
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-DF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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