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Unidentified parachute-like objects spotted over Mumbai airport airspace
Unidentified parachute-like objects were spotted in the Mumbai airport airspace, raising security concern.

Mumbai: Unidentified parachute-like objects were spotted in the Mumbai airport airspace, raising security concern.[caption id="attachment_2261304" align="alignleft" width="380"]
PTI

Screenshot from Youtube video.[/caption]According to airport police, five unidentified objects were spotted over the airport area on Saturday evening by a pilot of Jet Airways just before take-off.He immediately alerted the Mumbai airport's Air Traffic Controller about the incident, airport police said.The authorities of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) were also informed about the objects spotted over the airport.MIAL immediately alerted the airport police station, a MIAL official told PTI.The matter has also been brought to the notice of Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deven Bharti.
First Published:May 25, 2015, 14:23:59 IST
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