A Kuwait–Hyderabad IndiGo flight was diverted to Mumbai following a specific human bomb threat received via email.
A Kuwait to Hyderabad IndiGo flight was diverted to Mumbai on Tuesday after a threat message warned of a human bomb onboard the aircraft.
The threat, conveyed through a detailed email received at the Hyderabad airport, was assessed as specific by authorities.
Following the message, the flight landed at the Mumbai airport and was being checked in the isolation area on the airport premises.
All precautionary measures were put in place.
Security teams, including emergency responders, were on standby as officials monitored the situation closely.
There was no immediate information about the number of passengers on the aircraft.
An official statement by the IndiGo airlines was yet awaited.
On Monday, a private school in the Mira Road area of Thane district of Maharashtra received a bomb blast threat, prompting the police to launch a search for any suspicious object, which turned out to be a hoax.