New Delhi: Due to a specific bomb threat, IndiGo flight (6E 65) from Chennai to Dubai was delayed. As per the protocol, the aircraft was taken to a remote bay & bomb threat process was initiated. The flight was operated after a delay of about 6hrs from Chennai, reported ANI quoting Indigo as saying.
An inebriated man who wanted to prevent his family members from travelling out of the country on Saturday made a hoax bomb threat to a Dubai-bound private carrier, only to land in the police net. The city resident wanted to prevent two of his family members from flying to Dubai and made the threat call to the city police control room, prompting the security agencies to launch a full-scale search inside the IndiGo flight 6E 65 which was originally scheduled to depart at 7.20 AM on Saturday, airport and police officials said.
Following the threat call, a thorough check was undertaken by the security agencies to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the flight. However, no such items were found on the aircraft, with officials and others heaving a sigh of relief. The IndiGo airline responded to the incident stating that a bomb threat process was initiated and after a delay of about six hours the aircraft was operated from Chennai.
"Due to a specific bomb threat, IndiGo flight 6E 65 Chennai to Dubai was delayed. As per the protocol, the aircraft was taken to a remote bay and the bomb threat process was initiated," the airliner said. "The flight was operated after a delay of about six hours from Chennai," it said. The call was traced to a man in the city who wanted to stop his relatives from flying to Dubai and he was promptly picked up by the police. Around 180 passengers and crew members of the flight were provided accommodation. (with Agency inputs)
