A bomb hoax on Thursday delayed Dubai-bound flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) by over five hours. According to PIA's spokesperson, PK-203 was set to depart from Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore at 11:22 pm, when a phone call warned of bomb in the plane. The passengers were immediately offloaded and the security personnel thoroughly searched the aircraft but found nothing. Later the flight was cleared for take-off at 5:24 pm.