After Vistara, IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Chandigarh receives bomb threat

IndiGo flight 6E 108, operating from Hyderabad to Chandigarh, was issued a safety alert on October 19, the airline said on Saturday. Upon landing at its destination, the plane was isolated and all customers disembarked safely. In a statement, the airline said: “Ensuring the safety of our customers and crew remains paramount in all facets of our operations. We worked closely with the relevant authorities and standard operating procedures were followed. We sincerely regret any inconvenience in this situation. may have caused our customers and we appreciate your understanding.

Earlier on October 16, IndiGo’s Riyadh-Mumbai flight was diverted to Muscat after a safety alert and landed safely, the airline said. The plane is on the ground in Muscat. Several Indian flights have received threats over the past week, but all have turned out to be a hoax. The airline had said on October 16: “Flight 6E 74, operating from Riyadh to Mumbai, was rerouted to Muscat due to a security-related alert. The aircraft has been isolated and all passengers have been safely disembarked.” “.

On the same day, an IndiGo plane from Mumbai bound for Delhi was diverted to Ahmedabad following a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials confirmed. The plane was isolated in Ahmedabad and all passengers disembarked safely. After a thorough check, nothing suspicious was found and the flight took off for Delhi on Wednesday morning.

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Shortly after the flight took off from Mumbai on Tuesday night, an unidentified person, through a tweet, claimed that a bomb had been planted on the plane carrying nearly 200 passengers and crew, an Airport official said. International Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. .

After being alerted by the Mumbai ATC, the pilots decided to make an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport, which was the nearest airport when the flight was heading to Delhi, an official said.

“After landing here at midnight, the plane, carrying nearly 200 passengers and crew, was thoroughly checked by security agencies overnight. However, nothing suspicious was found. The flight took off for Delhi today around 8 a.m. after receiving a green signal from security personnel,” the official said.

In a statement, IndiGo said flight 6E 651, operating from Mumbai to Delhi, was rerouted to Ahmedabad due to a “security-related alert” on October 16.

Several flights have received similar hoax bomb threats in recent days. A Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight returned to New Delhi on Wednesday following a bomb threat. Three of Vistara’s international flights, one to London, Hong Kong and Paris, received bomb threats, while the Paris and Hong Kong flights landed at their destinations safely; His flight to London was diverted to Frankfurt Airport on October 19.