IndiGo flight diverted to Ahmedabad after bomb threat e-mail sent to Hyderabad authorities

Indigo flight 6E 058, going from Saudi Arabia's Medina to Telangana's Hyderabad, made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport after an alleged bomb threat

Updated on: Dec 4, 2025, 14:41:46 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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A Madina-Hyderabad IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad on Thursday after an email warned that the aircraft would be blown up if it was permitted to land at its destination.

Indigo flight had 180 passengers and 6 crew members. (PTI/ Representational)

Officials said the flight carrying over 180 passengers and six crew members landed in Ahmedabad around noon and was guided to an isolated bay, where security protocols were activated. Passengers were evacuated and moved to a secure holding area while the aircraft underwent an inspection.

An airport bomb squad carried out checks of the cabin, cargo hold, and baggage, but no suspicious items were found.

“The flight landed in Ahmedabad after the Hyderabad [airport] authorities received an emailed bomb threat. The mail threatened that if the flight was allowed to land in Hyderabad, it would be blown off by a bomb. As a result, there was an emergency landing in Ahmedabad,” said Ahmedabad Zone Four deputy police commissioner Atul Bansal.

He said none of the passengers was found to be involved in any suspicious activity. “The CISF [Central Industrial Security Force] and the bomb squad carried out the checking, and so far no suspicious activity has been found on board,” he said.

Technical teams also inspected the plane for safety compliance, even as normal airport operations continued.

Officials said the decision on the continuation of the flight to Hyderabad will be taken after all security checks and procedural clearances are completed.

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Maulik Pathak
He is an Ahmedabad-based journalist with more than two decades of experience. His career spans business journalism and general news, with reporting across politics, crime, governance, public policy, business, industry, infrastructure, energy, ports, aviation, the environment, wildlife and social issues. He began his career in feature writing before moving into business journalism, reporting on companies and sectors including energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and real estate. Over the years, his work expanded to politics, courts, crime, public policy, civic affairs, the environment and wildlife. His reporting has taken him from government offices and courtrooms to factory floors, ports, forests and remote villages, covering stories that range from industrial investments and financial markets to elections, conservation and issues affecting everyday life. While many assignments demand the pace of the daily news cycle, others require sustained reporting over months and years to follow developments beyond the headlines. He started his journalism career with the Asian Age in Ahmedabad in 2002 as a feature writer and sub-editor. Since 2022, he has been working with Hindustan Times. Earlier, he worked with Business Standard, DNA, The Economic Times, Mint and The Times of India. His longest stint was with Mint, where he spent more than eight years reporting across multiple beats. During his career, he has worked in both reporting and editing roles, contributing to page planning, local editions and special editorial projects as newsrooms evolved from print-first operations to digital publishing. Early in his career, he also worked on media and documentary projects with an NGO and as a copywriter at a communications agency before returning to journalism. Away from work, he sometimes makes time for a pair of binoculars, table tennis, cinema and the occasional poem.Read More

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