Grenade-like object found in an Air India aircraft turns out a plastic cover of a stun grenade

NEW DELHI: A grenade-like object found in an Air India’s Boeing 747 aircraft in Jeddah created a major scare and sent Air India and security officials into a tizzy. It was later found that the object was just a plastic cover of a stun grenade.

“A plastic cover of a stun grenade used by security during the anti-terror drills carried out in a plane. It is a completely harmless object,” said a senior Air India official.

As soon as the jumbo jet landed at the Jeddah airport, the flight crew informed the local security agencies, who took over the aircraft and conducted a thorough check.

"After screening the aircraft and the object, which was found to be a plastic wrapper, the Jeddah airport security cleared the aircraft for further operations," an Air India statement said.

Meanwhile, Air India has set up a committee under the chairmanship of its Joint Managing Director and Joint Commissioner of Security, Civil Aviation to further investigate the incident as also the alertness of the crew.

"Air India would like to clear that at no point of time was the safety of the passengers or the aircraft compromised," the statement also said.