Flight delayed after 'doubts' over the object in checked-in baggage of passenger

The flight 6E 298 IndiGo for Mumbai was delayed by almost an hour on Monday after the security agencies raised "doubts" over some objects found in the checked-in baggage of a passenger.

Kochi (Kerala): A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Cochin international airport was delayed by almost an hour on Monday after the security agencies raised "doubts" over some objects found in the checked-in baggage of a passenger.

According to the sources the flight 6E 298 scheduled to depart for Mumbai at 8 a.m left at 8.56 a.m, security officials carried out a thorough check of the baggage of a wheelchair-bound passenger travelling in a group of seven people on the Delhi-bound flight via Mumbai and found Rs 1.5 lakh in it.

However, he was later allowed to travel by the same flight after it was found the amount found in the baggage was within permissible limits, the officials said.