A Dubai-bound Indigo flight received a bomb threat call on Saturday in Chennai. Authorities said the call was a hoax.
Following the anonymous call received at the police control room, the security agencies undertook a thorough check to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the Indigo aircraft, according to airport officials.
However, no such items were found on the aircraft, with officials and others heaving a sigh of relief.
Caller was a travel agent
The police investigations revealed that the caller was a travel agent who did not want his family to travel on that flight. He has been arrested under the relevant sections of Indian Penal Code.
The flight which was supposed to leave at 7.20 am, finally left 6.5 hours later after checks were done and passengers and their bags were screened.
Around 170 passengers and crew members of the flight were provided accommodation, the airline said.
