Indigo Flight Bomb Threat: The IndiGo flight, which was set to fly from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport around 5 a.m., was stopped on the runway minutes before takeoff.
On Tuesday, police evacuated and searched the Varanasi-bound IndiGo aeroplane at the Delhi airport after receiving a hoax bomb blast warning, according to officials.
The flight, 6E2211, with 176 passengers on board, was scheduled to depart from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport around 5 a.m., but was stopped on the runway minutes before takeoff after the pilot discovered a tissue paper with the message “bomb blast @30 minutes” written on it in the aircraft’s washroom.
“At 05:40 a.m., a phone call was received from the IGI airport reporting a bomb threat. The captain discovered a piece of paper inside the flight’s restroom with the message ‘BOMB BLAST @30 MINUTES’, according to a Delhi Fire Services spokesman.
The aircraft was promptly brought to the isolation bay for further action, according to the official, who also stated that a quick response team was dispatched and discovered no suspicious goods.
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The official stated that all passengers deboarded using the emergency door and are safe.
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The IndiGo also released an official statement and said that an alternate aircraft was arranged for passengers from Delhi to Varanasi.
“The passengers were provided with refreshments and were boarded. The flight departed for Varanasi at 11:10 am. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers,” the airline said.
Earlier this month, a tissue paper with the word ‘bomb’ written on it was also found on an Air India flight lavatory at Delhi airport, but it had turned out to be a hoax.
Police had said that they received information regarding a tissue paper found in the lavatory of an Air India flight scheduled to depart for Vadodara on May 15, with the word ‘bomb’ written on it.
“Following standard security protocols, a thorough inspection was conducted, and no suspicious items were found,” an official had said.
Several hospitals and schools in Delhi have recently been targeted with bomb threat emails, that claimed the presence of explosives on their premises. However, investigators found the threats to be false alarms.
