‘BOMB’ threat? Lucknow-Saudi Arabia IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad; here’s what happened
On 10 September, an IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad.
On 10 September, an IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam (Saudi Arabia) made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad. A tissue paper carrying the word ‘BOMB’ was found on board.
The aircraft landed around 5:55 pm with 133 people, including crew members. All passengers on flight 6E97 were safely taken off the plane.
According to the police, airport security, fire teams and bomb squad officials were investigating. Passengers were reportedly asked to write on tissue paper for handwriting comparison. These samples will be compared with the writing on the suspicious note.
"Lucknow-Dammam 6E 97 IndiGo flight made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad after a bomb threat onboard. A member of the crew had found 'Bomb' written on a piece of paper. There are 107 passengers and 6 crew members onboard, all of them are safe at Terminal 2 of the airport. SOG, local police, and CISF conducted an inspection of the aircraft. Nothing suspicious was found onboard the aircraft," ANI quoted Ahmedabad Police as saying.
"A crew member found "bomb" written on a piece of paper on the flight, after which it made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad Airport. The flight was carrying 107 passengers and six crew members. They were made to disembark," PTI quoted Airport police inspector A D Chavda as saying.
Officials have not yet confirmed the exact circumstances behind the incident. This was Ahmedabad Airport’s second flight emergency landing within just 10 days.
(This is a developing story. Check back for more details.)
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