A Chennai-Mumbai Indigo flight received a bomb threat at 10:24 PM on Tuesday night, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai.
After landing, the aircraft was taken to the isolation bay, where it was thoroughly checked by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel. The aircraft, 6E 5149, had 196 passengers and 7 crew members on board.
Reacting to the incident, an Indigo Airlines spokesperson said, “All the passengers were safely deplaned. After deplaning the passengers, full cooperation was extended to the security agencies in the investigation. After completion of all the security checks, the plane was taken back to the terminal area.”
41 Airports Get Bomb Threats
Earlier on Tuesday, 41 airports across the country, including the CSMIA received bomb threat emails. However, all the threats proved to be hoax mail. PTI quoted Mumbai airport authorities as saying that the threats had no impact on their services.
The emails received by all the airports had almost the same message. The message said, “Hello, explosives have been hidden in the airport. The bombs will explode soon. You all will die.” An online group called “KNR” is suspected to be behind these threat emails.
Bomb Threat On Flights
On June 3, a Delhi-Mumbai Akasa Air flight had also received a bomb threat. After which it was diverted to Ahmedabad. On June 2, a Vistara flight operating on the Paris-Mumbai route received a bomb threat, after which a full emergency was declared before its arrival at the Mumbai airport. On June 1, an Indigo flight going from Chennai to Mumbai also received a bomb threat. There were 172 passengers on board that plane then. After the threat, the plane was made to make an emergency landing at Mumbai airport.
Bomb Threat At Hospitals
About 60 hospitals in Mumbai received bomb threats in the last two days. These include both private and government hospitals. According to the police, “After receiving the emails, the hospitals immediately informed the local police and thorough searches were conducted. The emails said that bombs were placed under beds and in toilets. An immediate raid was launched in the hospitals, but nothing was found.”
