Student Calls Mumbai Airport For Job, Says ‘Bombay?’, Officials Hear ‘Bomb Hai’!

Have you ever been so desperate for a job that you ended up getting threatened with a police complaint? Yeah, me neither. But as bizarre as it sounds, a similar incident happened at the Mumbai Airport recently!

A 20-year-old Hotel Management graduate from Dhule, Maharashtra, heard about a job vacancy at the Mumbai Airport and googled for a contact number to inquire. He called the first number that showed in the results.

Sources revealed that the contact number, however, was that of the airport control room and when the student asked, “Bombay Airport hai?” (Is this Bombay Airport), the person who received the call heard “Bomb hai airport pe” (There is a bomb at the airport)!

…there cannot be a worse communication fail, tbh.

What happened next was complete chaos! Making a quick decision to not put themselves at any risk, the airport authorities completely lost their calm and started conducting security checks. After 2 long hours of serious bomb-checks, the call was termed as non-specific and the poor student got a warning.

“Taking no chance, the staff informed the security personnel and a bomb threat assessment committee was formed. After analyzing all details, it declared the call as non-specific, which means there was no threat. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was however alerted and security (at the airport) was increased,” an airport official said.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, the guy said:

“I am a steward and have worked at some hotels before. But for the past four to five months I have been without a job. I have been calling every possible hirer and that day, I called Mumbai Airport after someone told me about a vacancy. I had no other intention and immediately apologized for the unintentional mistake. The person (I reached over the phone) threatened to lodge a complaint against me but I told him it was a miscommunication.”

It’s starting to make more sense by ‘Bombay’ was changed to ‘Mumbai’!