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.
