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Source: Reuters
Explosive material was found on a passenger plane after it
landed in southern India, but it was not immediately clear whether
it was meant to be detonated on a flight, police said.
Forensic experts were inspecting a package the size of a cricket
ball found in a bag inside the cargo hold of an aircraft after all
passengers had disembarked, Ajith Kumar, the city's police
commissioner, said.
Kumar suggested the explosives might have been place in the hold
after the plane landed.
"The police will investigate whether the explosive material was
placed in the aircraft at Thiruvananthapuram airport," he
said.
The plane was moved to an isolated area in Thiruvananthapuram
airport in the state of Kerala.
India remains jittery about the threat of militant attacks. A blast
in the western city of Pune killed 16 people in February, the first
major militant strike since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
