The plane was diverted to Uzbekistan. Picture used for illustrative purposes only. Courtesy: Azur Air
Director of the Dabolim Airport in South Goa, S.V.T. Dhanamjaya Rao said the flight was supposed to land at 4.38 a.m. in the coastal state.
"We received an email of the bomb threat and we soon contacted the airlines and then the plane was diverted to Uzbekistan and landed there," Rao told the media.
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Airport sources said local police was also informed of the bomb threat mail.
Additional police force was deployed at the Dabolim Airport in the wake of the incident.
On January 9, the Moscow-Goa Azur Air flight ZF2401 had received a bomb threat and made an emergency landing at the Jamnagar airport in Gujarat.
After thorough checking, the plane landed in Goa the next day.
Indo-Asian News Service