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Security incidents involving IndiGo flights in India

Overview

A series of security incidents involving IndiGo aircraft has occurred at various Indian airports.

In mid-October, two separate events were reported at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. One flight arriving from Ahmedabad triggered a security alert after a student claimed a bomb was on board, leading to an isolation bay inspection by bomb disposal units. A second flight from Delhi to Chennai was diverted to Hyderabad after a passenger’s power bank caught fire.

By late October, a bomb threat was discovered on an IndiGo flight arriving from Phuket at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The threat, written on a washroom mirror, prompted an evacuation and a thorough search by the Central Industrial Security Force and bomb squads. No suspicious objects were found. This followed a previous bomb scare at the same airport involving a handwritten note found in a restroom.

Entities

Central Industrial Security Force · IndiGo · Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport · Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · Bidhannagar City Police

Timeline

  1. [CRIME] 4 sources
    Kolkata Airport security alert following bomb threat on IndiGo flight

    A bomb threat written on a Phuket-Kolkata IndiGo flight mirror triggered a security sweep at Kolkata airport, marking the second consecutive day of scares at the facility.

  2. [INTERNATIONAL] 3 sources
    IndiGo flights face separate security incidents in India

    Two IndiGo flights required emergency interventions in India: one involving a bomb threat from a student on an Ahmedabad-Hyderabad flight, and another involving a power bank fire on a Delhi-Chennai flight.

Sources

bhaskarlive.in · deccanchronicle.com · indtoday.com · morungexpress.com · news18.com · thecooldown.com · yespunjab.com