An IndiGo Airlines flight from Delhi to Bagdogra in West Bengal was forced to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Sunday morning following a bomb threat, PTI reported.
The aircraft, IndiGo flight 6E-6650, carrying 222 passengers, including eight infants, along with two pilots and five crew members, landed safely at around 9.17 am after Air Traffic Control received information about the threat at approximately 8.46 am.
All passengers and crew were evacuated safely, officials confirmed.
The aircraft was immediately moved to an isolation bay, where bomb disposal squads, security agencies and airport authorities carried out extensive checks.
During preliminary inspection, security personnel recovered a handwritten note on a tissue paper with the words “Plane mein bomb” (bomb in the plane), police said.
Further investigations are underway.