Kolkata: Just surpassing takeoff, an Indigo flight at Kolkata Airport received a note from the pilot, which caused a lot of panic. The plane was immediately evacuated. According to reports, the note threatened to wrack-up up the plane. An investigation is underway without the evacuation. A upper zestful has moreover been supposed at the airport.
What was the incident?
Indigo flight 6E3074 was scheduled to depart from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport for Shillong at 9:15 am. Following the flop threat, it was moved to an isolation bay. During boarding, the pilot found a note in the toilet, which stated that there was a flop inside the plane. Passengers were immediately deplaned.
This information caused panic among the passengers. Following the warning, the plane was diverted to a variegated location and all passengers were disembarked. Security agencies began searching the plane. Airport officials said an investigation is underway to determine who placed the note on the plane. Sources said that without completing security checks, the flight departed for its destination at virtually 11:30 am.
Has such incidents happened before?
It is worth noting that this is not the first incident of a flop threat on an Indigo flight. In January, an Indigo flight delivering 222 passengers received a flop threat without takeoff, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Lucknow, where it was searched.
Last year, a Kolkata-Mumbai Indigo flight (6E-5227) moreover received a flop threat. At that time, an unknown person tabbed the airport ultimatum that there were explosives on board. All 195 passengers were evacuated and the plane was searched, although nothing suspicious was found.
What did airport officials say?
Airport officials said security standards were followed in this incident as well, and no explosives have been found so far. A day earlier, five schools in Delhi had received flop threat emails, which were later dismissed as hoaxes. Officials said the emails contained provocative and objectionable content, claiming, "Delhi will wilt Khalistan and there will be flop blasts in schools at 1:11 pm." The emails moreover stated that an explosion would occur inside Parliament at 2:11 pm, prompting heightened vigilance and coordination among various agencies.
