Air India Flight Diverts to Jaipur After Security Alert

An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi diverted to Jaipur on October 14 after a reported security alert and landed safely. Flight AI2030 was moved to an isolation bay, where security checks were carried out, according to reports citing airport and police sources. The reported alert involved Squawk 7500, an aviation transponder code associated with unlawful interference, including a hijacking. Accounts said Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control received the signal while the aircraft was en route, prompting the diversion. The reported transmission has not been officially confirmed in the supplied accounts, and it does not establish that a hijacking occurred. Reports differed on how the emergency was initially described. Assistant Commissioner of Police Shiv Dayal told PTI that airport authorities informed police of an emergency landing following a bomb threat. An airport official was separately reported as saying the alert concerned a suspected hijacking rather than a bomb threat. Authorities had not established the precise cause of the alert in the reports available that day. After landing, the aircraft was taken to an isolation bay at Jaipur airport for security checks.