Mumbai: A case has been registered against unidentified persons after an email, threatening to blow up an IndiGo flight was sent to the Mumbai Airport authorities on Sunday, leading to a delay of several hours.
According to the Sahar police, the email landed in the inbox of the official email account of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport Limited at 3.20am on Sunday. The email id is given to the fliers so that they can give feedback about the airport. The single-line email, which was sent from a Proton Mail account, read, “I will blow up flight 6E 6045.”
The airport authorities immediately contacted the airlines and confirmed that a flight with that serial number was scheduled to depart for Ahmedabad in a few hours. The flight was thoroughly searched and nothing suspicious was found, after which it was cleared for take-off.
