Bomb threat delays flight

IndiGo flight 6E588 was scheduled to take off at 5:40 pm on Monday but a bomb threat delayed the take-off.

“Bomb threat delays Chennai-Goa IndiGo flight by 5 hours, says report: Here's what happened”

Passengers deboarded

All passengers were offloaded by 6:55 pm as security personnel initiated anti-sabotage checks.

Security response completed

Chennai Airport authorities confirmed the bomb threat response was called off at 9:20 pm after security checks.

Flight returned to IndiGo

The aircraft was handed back to IndiGo for operations after security checks.

Delayed departure time

The flight was expected to depart for Goa at 10:30 pm, nearly five hours after its scheduled departure.

Mint could not verify

Mint could not verify the report and there was no immediate information on the source of the threat.