'Do not fly': Delhi-Chennai IndiGo plane threatened, aircraft returns to the bay

The Air Traffic Controller (ATC) received a call on Friday afternoon, regarding a threat message for the Delhi-Chennai IndiGo flight 6E 6091. In one of the lavatories of the aircraft, a message was found saying 'Do not fly 6E 6091', sources said.

The aircraft returned to the bay at the Delhi airport and did not take off.

The Delhi-Chennai flight 6E 6091, to be operated with an A321 neo aircraft, was scheduled to depart at around 3.15 pm, as per information available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com.

It could not be immediately ascertained whether the message was found written on a paper or on the wall of the lavatory.

The aircraft had pushed back and was preparing for takeoff. Following the message, it was decided to take the plane to the isolation bay for anti-sabotage checks, the sources said.

Details about the number of passengers could not be immediately ascertained.

Comments from IndiGo were awaited.

Meanwhile, a handwritten note on tissue paper warning of a bomb at a boarding gate was found in a toilet at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata on Friday morning, prompting an extensive search of the premises, officials said.