- IndiGo flight 6E 97 made emergency landing in Ahmedabad.
- Crew member found "bomb" written on a piece of paper.
- Thorough search found nothing suspicious, confirming hoax.
An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam in Saudi Arabia was forced to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad on Thursday after a crew member found "bomb" written on a piece of paper.
Gujarat | Ahmedabad Police say, "Lucknow-Dammam 6E 97 IndiGo flight made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad after a bomb threat onboard. A member of the crew had found 'Bomb' written on a piece of paper. There are 107 passengers and 6 crew membes onboard, all of them are safe at…
— ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2026
Flight 6E 97, carrying 107 passengers and six crew members, landed safely at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at around 5:40 PM. All passengers and crew members were disembarked safely upon arrival.
"A crew member found 'bomb' written on a piece of paper on the flight, after which it made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad Airport. The flight was carrying 107 passengers and six crew members. They were made to disembark," news agency PTI quoted Airport Police Inspector A D Chavda as saying.
Nothing Suspicious Found
Security agencies, including the local police and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), immediately initiated a thorough search of the aircraft. Officials stated that nothing suspicious has been found so far.
A recovery flight was expected to take off from Ahmedabad at around 8:30 PM.
Similar Incident
This incident comes days after another aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing following a similar threat. On August 31, an Air India Express flight from Dammam to New Delhi, carrying 32 passengers, landed at Ahmedabad airport after a crew member found a tissue paper bearing a bomb that there was a bomb on board. It later turned out to be a hoax.