Bomb hoax forces evacuation of passengers of Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at Delhi Airport
New Delhi: Bomb scare has forced the evacuation of all passengers on board of Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at New Delhi Airport on Tuesday (today) morning.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight received a bomb threat at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on May 28 morning, prompting authorities to evacuate its passengers and launch a search operation, the officials at airport told the media.
Anti-sabotage checks are on and nothing suspicious has been found so far, they said.
The officials said the threat was found written on a piece of paper in a lavatory when the Indigo 6E2211 flight was preparing to leave the airport.
The pilot saw a piece of paper in the lavatory with the note “bomb blast @ 30 minutes”, following which he informed the control room. There were a total of 176 passengers on the flight who were deboarded, the officials said.
The officials said the aircraft was taken to an isolated area and security agency personnel conducted a search operation
