Kochi-Delhi IndiGo Flight Diverted To Nagpur After Bomb Threat, Security Checks Underway

Last Updated:June 17, 2025, 12:29 IST

Upon diversion, the flight landed safely in Nagpur, where security personnel are currently conducting thorough checks.

IndiGo flight. (Representative image

An IndiGo flight from Kochi to Delhi was diverted to Nagpur on Tuesday after authorities received a bomb threat that specifically mentioned the flight number. The threat, deemed credible due to the specific details provided, was taken seriously, and a meeting was immediately convened as per standard operating procedures. By the time the threat was received, the aircraft had already departed from Kochi.

The flight, identified as IndiGo 6E 2706 and scheduled to depart at 9:20 am, was safely landed in Nagpur, where police and fire brigade teams were immediately deployed. The flight touched down approximately twenty minutes before reports emerged, and as of now, no suspicious object has been found. Security personnel are conducting a thorough inspection of the aircraft, and an investigation is currently underway.

A similar incident was reported on Monday when a Lufthansa flight scheduled to land at Hyderabad airport was also forced to make a U-turn and return to Frankfurt after receiving a bomb threat.

Flight LH752 had departed from Germany and was en route to Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport when the incident occurred.

While Lufthansa stated that it “did not receive permission to land," a Hyderabad airport official confirmed that the aircraft was diverted following a bomb threat. The aircraft landed safely back in Frankfurt, and the matter is under investigation.

Abhro Banerjee

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