An IndiGo plane hit by a bomb threat was seen in an isolation bay at Mumbai Airport. The Boeing 777 was moved to a secure area for army bomb squad inspections on Thursday, October 17. Authorities confirmed that the threat was a hoax.

At the same time, an IndiGo flight operating from Istanbul in Turkiye for Mumbai also received a bomb threat and was taken to an isolation bay here for the security agencies to carry out a comprehensive security check.

A Delhi-bound IndiGo aircraft from Mumbai was diverted to Ahmedabad on Tuesday night after receiving a bomb threat, which was later found to be a hoax. The aircraft, carrying nearly 200 passengers and crew,