Chennai-Mumbai IndiGo Flight Receives Bomb Threat; Lands Safely

Mumbai: A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Chennai received a bomb threat but landed safely at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday night at around 10:30 pm.

IndiGo, in its statement, said, “IndiGo flight 6E 5149, operating from Chennai to Mumbai, had received a bomb threat. Upon landing in Mumbai, the crew followed protocol and the aircraft was taken to an isolation bay. All passengers have safely disembarked the aircraft. We are working with the security agencies and post completion of all security checks, the aircraft will be positioned back in the terminal area.”

On Tuesday, security was enhanced at airports in Gujarat’s Vadodara and Bihar’s Patna after they received bomb threat emails. The headquarters of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai received a bomb threat email. But nothing “suspicious” was found anywhere.

Earlier on Tuesday over 50 hospitals in Mumbai received bomb threat mail. Later the threat was found to be a hoax.