Overview
- Crew on IndiGo flight 6E‑2111 found a tissue with the word "bomb" in a lavatory and halted the Lucknow–Delhi service that was scheduled to depart midmorning with about 180 passengers on board.
- Airport and airline staff held the aircraft at the apron and summoned CISF officers, a bomb‑disposal unit, a dog squad and air traffic control for a full inspection.
- Security teams completed exhaustive searches and declared the alert a hoax after they found no explosives or harmful material on the plane.
- IndiGo cooperated with authorities and said the flight would operate only after receiving clearances while police and aviation agencies opened legal and security procedures to trace who left the note.
- The incident follows a similar note scare at Kannur the previous day and other hoax threats this year that have repeatedly disrupted IndiGo operations and raised questions about how such notes get onto aircraft.