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Kochi-Bengaluru flight receives bomb threat, passengers offloaded at Kochi airport

A total of 139 passengers were deboarded from an Indigo flight from Kochi to Bengaluru after receiving a call about the presence of a bomb on board.

Kochi | A total of 139 passengers on board an Indigo flight from Kochi to Bengaluru were deboarded at the international airport here on Monday after receiving a call regarding the presence of a bomb in the aircraft.

The flight -- 6E6482 -- was scheduled to depart for Bengaluru at 10.30 AM, CIAL said in a statement.

However, as the aircraft was getting ready for departure, a bomb threat call was received at the airport's CISF control room specifically about the Bengaluru bound flight, the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) said.

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