Delhi-Bound IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Nagpur After Bomb Threat: Reports
Nagpur: A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight on Tuesday made an emergency landing in Nagpur after it reportedly received a bomb threat mid-air. The Muscat-Kochi-Delhi flight, 6E2706, took off from Kochi airport at 9:20 am. It was scheduled to land in Delhi at 12:35 pm.
All passengers onboard the flight are deplaned safely, reported India Today. The aircraft is reportedly undergoing a check.
As per Lohit Matani, DCP Nagpur, nothing suspicious has been found so far. A probe is currently underway.
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Hyderabad Lufthansa Flight LH752 received Bomb Threat On Monday:
Officials informed that Lufthansa flight LH752, which was flying from Frankfurt to Hyderabad, was forced to return to Germany after a bomb threat was received on Monday. A committee has been formed to assess the threat as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
The Hyderabad-bound Lufthansa flight took off from Frankfurt on June 15 and was supposed to reach its destination early this morning, reported ANI citing official sources. However, after an email was received at Hyderabad airport about targeting the flight with a bomb at 6:01 PM on June 15, out of an abundance of caution, the flight was advised to return.
"A bomb threat assessment committee was formed, and all procedures were followed as per SOP. In the interest of safety, the airline was advised to divert back to the origin or the nearest suitable airport," an official source told the news agency.
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