'Bomb threat' onboard Iranian plane over Indian airspace triggers alert, IAF jets scrambled

New Delhi (India), October 3 (ANI) Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a foreign aircraft with its origin in Iran that was moving towards the New Delhi airspace.

According to sources, inputs were received by security agencies in Delhi about the possibility of a bomb on board, which triggered an alert and permission was not granted to the plane to land in Delhi.

The foreign aircraft was headed to Chin