Jet Airways passenger

Jet Airways passenger

JAIPUR: A Jet Airways passenger today tweeted that he suspected a Mumbai-Delhi flight had been hijacked, sending security agencies into tizzy at the airport here.

The Delhi-bound flight 9W355--carrying 176 people onboard, including 8 crew members--was diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather at Delhi.

Soon after the aircraft landed here, security agencies carried out a thorough check and the passenger who tweeted the message was offloaded.

The passenger, who was travelling from Mumbai, tweeted in the morning saying, "@narendramodi sir we have been in jet airways flight for past 3 hrs, looks like hijacked, pl help 9W355".

In a statement, a Jet Airways spokesperson said a passenger tweeted a message involving a security threat necessitating activation of the security protocol.