India, Oct. 14 -- Passengers aboard the Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi, which was diverted to Jaipur on Wednesday morning after the pilot issued a hijacking alert, recounted moments of confusion after being told the aircraft would make an unscheduled landing for "security reasons". The flight eventually landed at Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport around 3.15 pm.

Flight AI2030, operated by a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, was carrying 293 passengers and 13 crew members. Passengers told HT that they were informed at around 9 am that the flight, which was scheduled to land in Delhi, would be diverted to Jaipur.

Gurjeet Singh Khalsa, 40, a German citizen of Indian origin, said passengers had to remain inside the ai...