An IndiGo Kuwait-to-Hyderabad flight (6E-1234) made an emergency landing in Mumbai this morning following a specific email threat—some reports call it a “human bomb” alert—received at Hyderabad Airport. All 228 passengers are safe. The Airbus is stuck in an isolation bay while bomb squads conduct checks.
Big security scare this morning. An IndiGo flight, 6E-1234, coming in from Kuwait and heading for Hyderabad, was forced to make an emergency landing in Mumbai. It touched down around 8:10 AM.
The thing is, the threat was serious enough to scramble the entire emergency response team. The alert came in as an email. It was sent to officials at Hyderabad Airport. The warning? Some sources are saying it specifically mentioned a “human bomb” on board. That happened. And then the diversion followed. Immediately.
The aircraft is an Airbus A321-251NX. It landed safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. That’s the crucial part. All 228 passengers and six crew members are safe. But the plane has been shunted off to an isolation bay.
Now, it’s a full-on security operation. Bomb squads, fire personnel, all the emergency responders. They are currently doing a thorough check of the plane, the luggage, everything.
This whole thing is happening against a backdrop of increasing hoax threats, too. Just days ago, a Bahrain-Hyderabad flight had a similar scare, also diverted to Mumbai. That turned out to be a hoax. And a private school in Thane got an email bomb threat yesterday. It’s a messy, high-alert period for security agencies.
Authorities—airport, airline, law enforcement—are coordinating the investigation. An official statement from IndiGo is awaited. We’re still waiting to hear the outcome of the security check. It’s an ongoing situation until they declare that plane clean.
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