Delhi-bound IndiGo flight 6E2111 was halted before takeoff at Lucknow airport on Thursday after a bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.

The flight was scheduled to depart from Lucknow for Delhi at 10:45 am with around 180 passengers on board. Just before departure, a handwritten note on a tissue paper was found inside the aircraft's lavatory, claiming that a bomb was present on the flight.

Following the discovery of the note, airport authorities and security agencies were immediately informed. Security personnel carried out a thorough inspection of the aircraft in accordance with established safety protocols.

During the security checks, all passengers were deboarded and moved to a safe location. After an extensive search and investigation, authorities found the bomb threat to be completely false.

The security procedures delayed the flight's departure. Authorities have launched an investigation and are trying to identify the person responsible for writing and leaving the threatening note.

The incident comes a day after a note found inside an IndiGo aircraft triggered a security scare at Kannur International Airport in Kerala. A note, which was later found to have been "misinterpreted" as a bomb threat by the cabin crew of a Mumbai-Kannur IndiGo flight, prompted an emergency alert and a full-scale security response on Wednesday.

The note was discovered in a waste bin inside one of the aircraft's lavatories after the flight landed at the airport around 3.20 pm. Following the discovery, the cabin crew informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC) and other authorities, police said.

An emergency alert was issued at the airport, and the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay after landing for security checks. Bomb squad and dog squad teams conducted a thorough inspection of the aircraft, but found nothing suspicious.

Police later said the note did not contain a bomb threat and had been "misinterpreted" by the cabin crew.

Source: India Today