Security agencies have been put on alert after an email threat about a bomb on an IndiGo flight was received at the Mumbai international airport, news agency ANI reported on October 2.
Despite the fact that the warning was a hoax, police claimed, the security at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has been stepped up.
"On Saturday night, an email was received at the Mumbai airport, in which it was written that a bomb had been planted in Indigo flight number 6E 6045," an official told ANI.
Moneycontrol could not independently verify the report.
Reportedly, this flight was scheduled to take off from Mumbai and land at Ahmedabad. The email was checked, but according to the Mumbai police, nothing was discovered on the flight.
"Due to a specific bomb threat, IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad was impacted on October 01, 2022. The bomb threat protocol was initiated and the flight operated after all the checks were completed," said IndiGo in a statement.
The flight was nonetheless delayed. Security organisations are looking into the situation.
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