Delhi-Varanasi IndiGo flight gets bomb threat, evacuation via emergency door

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An IndiGo flight heading to Varanasi from Delhi received a "specific bomb threat" on Tuesday, the airline has confirmed..

All the passengers were evacuated via the emergency exits, and the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay for inspection...

In a statement, the airline said, "IndiGo flight 6E2211 operating from Delhi to Varanasi had received a specific bomb threat at Delhi airport..

Last week, the Lady Sri Ram College and some other colleges of Delhi University also received bomb threats via e-mail, which turned out to be a hoax later as nothing suspicious was found...

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi, two in Noida and one in Lucknow received a bomb threat via email on May 1, which was dismissed as fake...

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