Hijack hoax forces flight back to Bengaluru

The discovery of a handwritten note threatening to hijack an IndiGo flight with 178 passengers aboard prompted the pilots to return to Bengaluru just 30 minutes after taking off for Lucknow Saturday evening. "The piece of paper (found in the toilet of the flight) carried the message: 'This plane is going to get hijacked exactly at 6.30.

Ignore this and see the consequences.' It was found by a passenger who alerted the cabin crew. The crew immediately conveyed the information to the pilot," a senior police officer told TOI. After the aircraft landed in Bengaluru, security personnel conducted a thorough search of the flight that lasted around 90 minutes.

The threat was subsequently declared a hoax, and the flight resumed its journey to Lucknow later at night, the officer added. Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app. IAF's IL-76 Makes World's Highest-Altitude Landing At Ladakh's Nyoma Airbase Near China Border Akhilesh Yadav To Visit Ayodhya Ram Temple For First Time Since Consecration Ahead Of 2027 UP Polls 'It Was Done Constitutionally': Sonia Gandhi Reflects On Emergency, Slams Modi Govt; BJP Hits Back “Not Supported By Tests”: Centre Rejects Karnataka’s Excess Ethanol Claim; E20 Row Deepens 18,000 Special Trains, 700 AI Cameras: Railways Prepares For Festive Rush Amid Diwali, Chhath Puja 'Confusion Yours, Not Ours': BJP Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi Over Amit Shah's 'Cropped' SIR Video 'Run Bulldozer Over Me': Mamata After Attack At Abhishek Banerjee’s House Ahead Of Kali Puja E20 Turns 420?

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