Overview

• On June 17, an IndiGo flight 6E2706 from Kochi to Delhi was diverted to Nagpur for an emergency landing after Cochin International Airport received an emailed bomb warning
• A Bomb Threat Assessment Committee declared the warning specific and alerted security teams upon landing at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
• All 157 passengers and six crew members were safely deboarded and initial sweeps by bomb disposal squads found no suspicious items
• After thorough inspections, the plane departed Nagpur at about 3 pm and continued on to Delhi
• The episode follows a June 12 Air India crash in Ahmedabad and recent technical glitches on other flights, prompting airlines to reinforce preflight screening procedures