Overview
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport received the email at 5:25 a.m. from an ID identifying as Papaita Rajan with the subject line, “Prevent landing of IndiGO 68 to Hyderabad.”
- The Airport Operations Centre alerted authorities around 5:35 a.m., prompting a virtual Bomb Threat Assessment Committee meeting from 5:39 to 6:22 a.m.
- The committee classified the message as a specific threat and ordered the IndiGo flight diverted to the nearest airport.
- Air traffic control was instructed to inform the captain and obtain confirmation of the selected landing airport.
- GMR Security was directed to lodge a police complaint, while officials noted the email’s allegations about operatives, microbots, and nerve agents remain unverified.