Bomb hoax at ZIA: flight delayed

A flight of the China Eastern Airlines had to make a delayed departure from the Zia International Airport (ZIA) for Kunming, as the aircraft's indicator gave explosive signal twice before takeoff. Officials at ZIA said the pilot of the flight no-MU 2036 got the first signal just before the scheduled takeoff at about 2:43pm and informed the control tower. "Soon all the passengers were offloaded for security check," said one source. The airport security personnel rushed in and conducted extensive search inside the aircraft and luggage, but did not find any bomb or explosive. — UNB