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IndiGo's Jabalpur-Hyderabad flight receives bomb threat, diverted to Nagpur

Indigo released a statement informing about the diversion of its flight due to a bomb threat. The aviation company said that all passengers disembarked and mandatory security checks took place.

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An IndiGo's Jabalpur-Hyderabad flight received a bomb threat on Sunday, following wich the flight was diverted to Nagpur. "Flight 6E 7308 operating from Jabalpur to Hyderabad was diverted to Nagpur due to a bomb threat. Upon landing, all passengers were disembarked and mandatory security checks were promptly initiated," said IndiGo in a statement.

IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Nagpur 
 
The development comes over a week after an IndiGo flight from Bengaluru to Patna made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport after a passenger became critically ill. On August 23, the passenger exhibited unusual symptoms including intense shaking, loss of consciousness and body stiffness mid-flight, prompting the authorities to allow the emergency landing of the flight. 
 
"Initial medical assessment was that the patient is suffering from a seizure disorder and he is being treated in the emergency department at the hospital," said a senior official of KIMS-Kingsway Hospital, Nagpur where he was admitted on landing.

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