{"id":25491,"date":"2022-08-10T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=25491"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T07:43:11","slug":"indigo-flight-from-jaipur-to-bengaluru-receives-a-false-bomb-threat-just-before-landing-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/10\/indigo-flight-from-jaipur-to-bengaluru-receives-a-false-bomb-threat-just-before-landing-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigo flight from Jaipur to Bengaluru receives a false bomb threat\u00a0just before landing |Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Authorities are yet to determine who left the threatening note in the aircraft toilet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An IndiGo flight carrying more than 170 passengers went into complete emergency mode after a threatening note was found in the rear lavatory shortly before landing. This arrives just weeks after another one of the airline\u2019s flights was grounded in Patna after a passenger claimed to be carrying a bomb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Indigo-Technician-mass-leave\" class=\"wp-image-19025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1280px-IndiGo_Airbus_A320neo_F-WWDG_to_VT-ITI_28915135713.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Indigo | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-flight\">IndiGo flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>IndiGo&nbsp;flight 6E 556 is a scheduled service traveler between Jaipur in North India and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangalore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bengaluru <\/a>in the south. It has a scheduled evening departure at 18:35 and a flight time of 2.5 hours with a scheduled coming at 21:05.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 7th, the&nbsp;Airbus A320&nbsp;took off from Jaipur approximately 20 minutes behind schedule at 18:56. The nearly 5-year-old aircraft (VT-IVF) was carrying 175 passengers and made up for the lost time in the air. It looked like a routine flight until it was time to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to reporters, an IndiGo staff found a message written in Hindi on tissue paper in the rear toilet, which warned against landing the plane as there was a bomb onboard.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bengaluru-airport\">Bengaluru airport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight&nbsp;captain&nbsp;was quickly said, who then contacted security at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangalore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bengaluru airport<\/a>. The flight was provided the clearance to land and touched down at BLR at 21:07, according to FlightRadar24.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was just the start of a long night for the passengers who could only disembark the plane after 23:00 and leave the&nbsp;airport&nbsp;at 02:00 early morning. The journalist quotes a passenger as telling,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/air-china-restart-international-commercial-flights-after-the-covid-19-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China restarts International commercial flights after the Covid-19 isolation<\/a>      <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/19\/karnataka-government-break-buildings-taller-than-45m-near-jakkur-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karnataka Government: Break buildings taller than 45m near Jakkur airport<\/a>        <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/09\/qatar-airways-has-resumed-flight-to-saudi-arabia-qassim-breaking-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qatar Airways has resumed flight to  Saudi Arabia, Qassim | Breaking news<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAfter the flight landed almost on schedule, the Flight Captain appeared before the passengers and said that sabotage was suspected, so the flight would be isolated for some time. The flight was steered to a distant spot, and we stayed on board almost till 11 pm.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>\u201cWe were permitted to leave the flight in batches of four, after frisking and checking cabin luggage. Our check-in luggage was spread out and we were asked to identify our luggage. That too was checked over and over again.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alarm bells on board <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiGo6E?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndiGo6E<\/a> flgt from Jaipur to Bengaluru on Sun nite as bomb threat was scribbled on tissue in toilet. Turned out to be hoax. Flgt isolated on landing, psgrs &amp; bags rechecked  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XpressBengaluru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XpressBengaluru<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewIndianXpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewIndianXpress<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KannadaPrabha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KannadaPrabha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGCAIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DGCAIndia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IuWikfT0QC\">https:\/\/t.co\/IuWikfT0QC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; S. Lalitha (@Lolita_TNIE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lolita_TNIE\/status\/1556541078873858048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>IndiGo Airline | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bomb Disposal and Detection squad, dog squad, and other security personnel carried out all the required checks, and each passenger was asked to submit a writing sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers were then taken to the airport on a bus through a separate gate, where they had to wait for a few hours more before being permitted to leave at 02:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">The writing samples have been sent to the forensics department for examination, but authorities are also looking at the case of someone else writing the note, which a&nbsp;passenger&nbsp;then left behind in the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/indigo-kU8E-621x414@LiveMint_1583937882404.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/indigo-kU8E-621x414@LiveMint_1583937882404.webp 599w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/indigo-kU8E-621x414@LiveMint_1583937882404-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption><strong>IndiGo Airline | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A top security source told,&nbsp;\u201cThis incident is a wake-up call. There is a requirement to fix cameras outside the toilets to keep a tab on those entering it so that such suspects could be narrowed down easily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While the passenger who posed the threat in the&nbsp;Patna incident&nbsp;in July was detained immediately, it seems the authorities will have to work a little harder to crack the case in the latest incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/09\/qatar-airways-has-resumed-flight-to-saudi-arabia-qassim-breaking-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviationa2z.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">Telegram group <\/a>for the latest updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:&nbsp;The New Indian Express<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An IndiGo flight carrying more than 170 passengers went into complete emergency mode after a threatening note was found in the rear lavatory shortly before landing. 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