Air India flight from Mumbai to London Heathrow reports bomb threat, RAF scrambles jets, sonic boom heard, flight lands safely.
An Air India flight from Mumbai to London Heathrow reported a bomb threat while over Norfolk, prompting the RAF to scramble Eurofighter Typhoon jets. As the jets reached supersonic speed, they created a sonic boom heard across the region. The flight landed safely, and authorities confirmed the noise was not an explosion. This incident follows a series of hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines, leading to warnings of strict actions against such threats.
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