Trying to confirm status of passengers, crew at Brussels: Jet Airways

Jet Airways said it is making efforts to confirm the status of its passengers and employees at the Brussels airport, where two explosions ripped through the departure hall during the morning rush hour Tuesday, leaving 21 dead and over 35 injured.

Brussels airport serves as Jet Airways' European hub for international operations. The airline had, however, recently announced relocation of this gateway to the Dutch capital Amsterdam from coming Sunday.

"We are aware of the bomb explosions at Brussels airport. Jet Airways is making all efforts to confirm the status of all its guests and passengers," the airline said in statement.

It also said that as per the first information, its aircraft at Brussles were safe.

Jet Airways operates daily flights between Brussels and New Delhi and Mumbai in India and Newark and Toronto in North America.

The Naresh Goyal-promoted airline started using the Belgian capital as a hub in September 2007, when it began flying to Europe, making it the first Indian airline to have full-scale operations outside the country, besides national carrier Air India.

According to the data with the website, Jet Airways flight 9W 230 from New Delhi reached Brussels at 8:08 am, just minutes after the bomb blast at the Departure airport at 8.00 am.

 

Flight 9W 228 from Mumbai had landed at Brussels at 7.11 am local time.

Currently, Jet Airways operates daily non-stop flights to its European gateway at Brussels airport from its domestic hub in Mumbai and New Delhi.

All flights after the explosions at the departure terminal of the Zaventem airport been diverted to neighbouring airports. The airport has been shut.