Bomb threat delays Chennai-Goa IndiGo flight by 5 hours, says report: Here's what happened
IndiGo flight 6E588 was scheduled to take off at 5.40 pm on Monday. But a bomb threat reportedly delayed the take-off.
A bomb threat at Chennai airport caused a Goa-bound IndiGo flight to be delayed by about five hours on Monday, according to NDTV. The IndiGo flight 6E588 was originally scheduled to depart Chennai at 5.40 pm, but the threat forced the aircraft to be moved to a separate area for security checks. All passengers were deboarded by 6.55 pm.
Security personnel conducted an anti-sabotage check, and the airport declared the threat resolved at 9.20 pm. The flight was finally allowed to depart for Goa at 10.30 pm, nearly five hours after its original scheduled departure time. The source of the threat remains unknown. This incident follows another recent event where a passenger's power bank caught fire on a Chennai-bound IndiGo plane, leading to the aircraft diverting to Hyderabad and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issuing a warning against carrying such devices on flights.
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