A bomb hoax in the Kolkata-Indore Indigo flight caused panic at the Swami Vivekananda Airport, Mana, on Sunday and kept airport officials, commuters and security personnel in tizzy for hours. Thorough search of the plane was conducted, but nothing was found. The hoax caused flight delay for about three hours.
The Airport Director Anil Kumar Rail talking with The Pioneer informed that the Indigo flight originating from Kolkata passing through Raipur destined to reach Indore landed at Raipur around 8 am. After all passengers of Raipur de-boarded the plane, suddenly a man, PS Chouhan, who was going to Indore, specifically told the plane staff that there was a bomb in a black bag kept in plane.
The staff panicked and informed the pilot who then alerted the air traffic controller and the plane was evacuated within no time. "A few minutes later, a bomb squad and dog squad entered the plane and examined the bag, but nothing suspected was found in bag. The plane then took off for Indore around 11 am with delay of about three hours. Meanwhile, the Mana police has detained PS Chouhan and is questioning about him for the action.