Delta requested a rescreening of cargo on landing at Mumbai A Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam has been evacuated and searched after landing at Mumbai airport in western India.
Flight 70 was taken to a secure area after reports of suspicious cargo in the hold.
The flight was reportedly carrying 244 passengers.
A Delta employee in Amsterdam had informed the pilot about the unidentified object in the cargo hold, officials said.
The plane touched down at 2300 local time (0530GMT).
A Delta spokesman said: “Upon landing in Mumbai, we requested a precautionary rescreening of a cargo shipment on board flight 70. All passengers were safely deplaned and we are cooperating with authorities in their assessment.”
Airport spokesman Manish Kalghatgi told Associated Press news agency the plane was being inspected by bomb squads and airport security officials.
Mumbai (Bombay) airport is continuing to operate normally, he said.
Airports remain on high alert following the discovery of two parcel bombs sent from Yemen last week.
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