Defused grenade found in Modi’s standy-by flight

A diffused grenade was found inside an Air India standby-flight for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent trip to the US.

According to Times of India report, security personnel in Jeddah found a diffused grenade in the Boeing-747 which was kept on standby at Delhi Airport till Thursday night in case Prime Minister’s Jumbo Jet faced any technical trouble during his US trip.

The plane was permitted to fly on Friday on a Delhi-Mumbai-Hyderabad-Jeddah route and upon reaching Jeddah, the security agencies there found a defused grenade inside the business class.

Currently the aircraft was grounded in Jeddah and unless the investigations are over it will not be flying out.

The Times of India quoted a source, saying, “The B-747 was sent on a Delhi-Mumbai-Hyderabad-Jeddah flight. On reaching Jeddah in the early hours of Saturday (India time), security agencies there found a defused grenade inside the business class of the aircraft. This sensational discovery of a defused bomb on an aircraft kept standby for the PM has sent everyone in a tizzy.”

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