Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight emergency returns to Bengaluru after hijack threat note found onboard

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Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight emergency returns to Bengaluru after hijack threat note found onboard

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An IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow returned to Bengaluru after cabin crew found a note threatening a hijacking onboard. Authorities responded to the threat after the aircraft had departed from Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport.

Flight 6E-451 had departed from Terminal 1 of KIA when cabin crew members found the note. The message reportedly read: “This flight is going to hijack at 6.30, ignore and see the consequences.”

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