IndiGo Kuwait–Delhi flight diverted to Ahmedabad after bomb threat

IndiGo flight from Kuwait to Delhi was diverted to Ahmedabad after a mid-air bomb threat. The aircraft landed safely and security checks found nothing suspicious

Published on: Jan 30, 2026, 18:50:10 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight operating from Kuwait to Delhi was diverted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Gujarat on Friday morning after a bomb threat was reported mid-air, officials said, adding that nothing suspicious was found.

The Airbus A320 aircraft, flight 6E 1232, landed safely at around 6.40 am with 180 passengers on board.

The Airbus A320 aircraft, flight 6E 1232, landed safely in Ahmedabad at around 6.40 am with 180 passengers on board.

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An airport official said the flight had departed from Kuwait International Airport early on Friday and was en route to Delhi when a bomb threat was found on a piece of paper inside the aircraft, but did not disclose further details.

After landing in Ahmedabad, the aircraft was thoroughly checked by security agencies, including the Central Industrial Security Force, Ahmedabad city police, bomb detection and disposal squads, and dog squads.

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This is the third such incident involving IndiGo in recent months. On December 18, 2025, a bomb threat was reported on IndiGo flight 6E 6208 from Goa’s Mopa airport to Ahmedabad.

Earlier, on December 4, 2025, IndiGo flight 6E 058 from Madinah to Hyderabad made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad after the airline received a bomb threat by email.

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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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