Bomb threat on Delhi- Varanasi Indigo flight turns out hoax

An IndiGo flight headed for Varanasi got a bomb threat at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on May 28; nothing unusual turned up even after extensive investigations.

A senior CISF source stated, "The pilot found a piece of paper with the message 'BOMB BLAST @ 30 MINUTES' written on it inside the aircraft lavatory."

The 176-passengers flight, 6E2211, stopped on the runway minutes before it was scheduled to take off from Delhi's airport at 5:35 a.m.

According to the Delhi Airport Authorities, "all the passengers were evacuated through the emergency exit and are safe. The quick response team was dispatched, and the aircraft was taken right away to the isolation bay for any additional necessary action. No suspicious goods were discovered."

"An examination of the flight is now being conducted. Once all security procedures have been completed, the aircraft will be repositioned within the terminal," an official stated.

A tissue paper with the word "bomb" written on it was discovered earlier this month in the lavatory of an Air India flight from Delhi to Vadodara on May 15. However, it turned out to be fake.

Several hospitals and schools in Delhi recently received bomb threat emails that claimed there were explosives on the premises at these addresses. Investigators discovered that the threats were all false.