IndiGo flight from Chennai makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport after bomb threat

Mangalore Today News Network/News18

Mumbai, June 01, 2024: An IndiGo flight, with 172 persons on board landed in “full emergency” conditions at Mumbai airport on Saturday after it received a bomb threat. Flight number 6E 5314 from Chennai to Mumbai, landed at around 8.45 am and is currently undergoing inspection.

 

Confirming the alleged bomb threat to its Chennai-Mumbai flight, IndiGo said in a statement, “Upon landing in Mumbai, the crew followed protocol and the aircraft was taken to an isolation bay as per security agency guidelines.”

All passengers have safely disembarked the aircraft, which is currently undergoing inspection, it said.

“Post completion of all security checks, the aircraft will be positioned back in the terminal area,” it added.

This comes a day after a bomb threat targeting a Vistara flight was received at Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar airport on Friday, which turned out to be a hoax after a thorough check.

This is also the second such incident involving an IndiGo flight in the past week. On May 28, an IndiGo Varanasi flight from Delhi received an alleged bomb threat.