We all know that airline rules are very strict and we can’t break them at all, isn’t it? An Air Asia flight from Bengaluru to Kochi was delayed by almost seven hours by a young couple from Bengaluru, who was getting late to reach the airport due to a traffic jam.

The couple successfully delayed the flight by 7 hours; yes, you heard that right. The drama began on Wednesday night when authorities at Kempegowda International Airport received a call that a bomb had been placed on the Kochi-bound Air Asia I5 1129.

AirAsia Flight Delayed For 7 Hours:

Going into details, it was 8 pm and the young couple Arjun and Neha Gopinathan, was stuck in traffic; they knew that they would in no way be able to reach the airport on time for their 8.45 pm flight. This was when they decided to do “Something” for delaying the flight. The couple asked relatives in Kerala to “do something to delay the flight”. The flight, which was to take off at 8.45pm on Wednesday, finally took off only at 3.30am on Thursday.

The flight was to take off at 8.45pm and the call came at 8.31pm. At around 8.31 pm, they called up the Kempegowda International Airport and announced that there was a bomb planted on the Kochi flight; yes, they spread a bomb hoax, which caused a storm at the airport. All 180 passengers who had boarded the plane were asked to get their luggage re-screened. The plane finally took off at 3.30am on Thursday, after authorities realized there was no bomb and that someone had played a prank.

During the preliminary investigation, the suspicion fell on Arjun and Neha. Police found that the duo had called Air Asia authorities multiple times requesting to delay the departure as they were stuck in traffic and getting late to reach the airport. But authorities had refused their requests.

The couple reached the airport at around 8.59pm by which time the hoax call had been made. They requested to board the flight as it had been delayed. Getting suspicious, police questioned them and found that the couple was to go to Mavelikkara near Alappuzha for their engagement. The bomb threat call was also traced to the same place.

Neha and Arjun must have thought that they will get away easily by spreading this “Bomb hoax” but unfortunately, they fell in trouble.

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