KOLKATA, May 5 (PTI): A Spicejet flight on Wednesday made a 'priority landing' in Kolkata after a burqa-clad passenger with a man-like physique aroused the suspicion of crew members onboard.

The Delhi-Kolkata-Dhaka Spicejet flight 208 with 123 passengers onboard landed at the NSC Bose Airport here around noon after the pilot was given clearance by the ATC to make a priority landing, airport sources said.

The aircraft was immediately taken to an isolation bay and was surrounded by CISF personnel, the bomb squad, fire brigade and the police, the sources said.

The burqa-clad passenger and another person sitting next to her were offloaded and the aircraft searched, the sources said.

The burqa-clad passenger, however, turned out to be a woman, the sources said.

Her large physique made the crew suspect that she was actually a man and since her identity could not be verified onboard, the pilot asked for permission from the ATC to make a priority landing, the sources said.

She along with another passenger were being questioned.

Flights at the airport remained unaffected.