Mumbai: An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Lucknow via Delhi had to be grounded on Saturday following a bomb threat call, according to sources. The aircraft was taken to an isolated bay for a secondary ladder point check after a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) found the threat as specified, as reported by a news agency. However, after inspection, security agencies declared the plane safe to fly.
The incident happened when the flight was scheduled to depart at 6.05 am. It was immediately not clear as to how many passengers were on board. The flight was 6E 3612, which was operating on Mumbai via Delhi/Lucknow route. “A woman passenger travelling to Delhi on Go Air flight G8 329 approached an IndiGo check-in counter at T1 and informed that there was a bomb in IndiGo’s flight,” an airport source said. The flight was delayed by an hour.
The woman passenger, identified as a Singapore national, showed photographs of a few people and claimed that they were a threat to the nation, the source said. Thereafter, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel took her to the airport police station for questioning. “A BTAC was convened in CISF assistant commander’s office which declared the threat a specific one,” the source added.
