India, Oct. 14 -- An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur following a security alert and landed safely at Jaipur International Airport. While preliminary reports suggested a bomb threat, an airport source told HT that the alert was related to a hijacking rumour.

Flight AI 2030 was moved to an isolation bay after landing, where personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), local police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) began checking the aircraft and passengers' luggage.

"It was a hijacking rumour, not a bomb threat. It's too early to comment officially on the matter. An investigation is underway," an airport official told HT on condition of anonymity.

According to preliminary inf...