March 22, 2007	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1428

KOLKATA: Indian police arrested today a drunken passenger on a New Delhi-bound flight from Bangkok after he threatened to blow up the plane, officials said. State-run airline Indian's flight with 88 people aboard made an emergency landing in this eastern Indian city after passengers raised the alarm, said airline spokesman Ashok Sharma.

The arrested passenger was a Mexican citizen who was extremely drunk, airline officials said. The plane, carrying 82 passengers and six crew, made an emergency landing at Dum Dum International Airport in Kolkata. The drama aboard the Airbus flight ended after police stormed the aircraft and overpowered the drunk, believed to be in his mid-30s, and took him into custody, officials said.

The man told the passenger sitting next to him that “he was carrying bomb which he could trigger if needed,” another Indian airline spokesman, Pulak Mukherjee, said.—AFP

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