Prior to departing Kolkata for Shillong, the IndiGo crew discovers a bomb warning on a slip.

After a bomb fear was reported aboard an IndiGo flight scheduled to depart from the Kolkata airport on Saturday morning for Shillong, the airport director announced that the passengers had been deboarded and that a search was underway. The security inspections are under progress. We’re waiting on further details on the incident.

After a threat note was found, IndiGo aircraft 6E3074, which was supposed to leave Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for Shillong, Meghalaya, at 9:15 AM, was placed in the isolation bay. A piece of paper indicating that there was a bomb aboard the airplane was discovered by crew members in the lavatory compartment while they were boarding. According to the story, passengers were taken off the plane as soon as the note was found.

“Bomb scare in Kolkata to Shillong IndiGo 6E3074, which was scheduled to depart at 9:15 AM, from Kolkata Airport. The aircraft has been moved to the isolation bay. During boarding, crew members found a piece of paper inside the aircraft’s toilet compartment, which stated that there was a bomb inside the aircraft. Immediately afterwards, passengers were removed from the aircraft. The checking process is going on,” the airport director said in details so far, as of 12pm.

Confirming the scare, an IndiGo spokesperson said that relevant authorities were immediately informed and security checks were carried out.

“A security threat was noticed onboard IndiGo flight 6E 7304 operating from Kolkata to Shillong on 14 February 2026. Following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), we informed the relevant authorities immediately and are fully cooperating with them in carrying out the necessary security checks. We regret the inconvenience caused to our customers. As always, safety and security of our customers, crew and aircraft are our topmost priorities,” said the spokesperson.

When IndiGo Flight 6E 2608, which was traveling from Delhi to Pune, arrived at the Pune airport on January 23 of last month, it was threatened with a bomb. A handwritten note discovered in the airplane’s restroom posed the danger. All passengers safely disembarked from the aircraft after it made a safe landing at Pune airport. Arriving around 8:40 p.m., that flight touched down at 9:24 p.m. and was parked at Bay No. 3 at 9:27 p.m. The bomb threat information was then relayed to Apron Control by Air Traffic Control (ATC). After that, the plane was relocated to the isolation bay. All relevant agencies were promptly notified by Apron Control, and the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was constituted. After the evaluation, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) performed a comprehensive inspection of the aircraft. The security checks revealed no negative or suspicious results.  After the procedures were finished, the aircraft was cleared to resume regular operations. No more incidents were recorded, and the matter was handled quickly and cooperatively.