An IndiGo flight travelling from Kolkata to Shillong had to be moved to the isolation bay at the Kolkata airport on Saturday after a bomb threat. The incident took place on board flight 6E 3074, which was scheduled to depart the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 9.15 am. The threat emerged after flight crew members found a piece of paper inside the aircraft's toilet, as per the Kolkata airport director, who spoke with ANI. The publication added that luggage from the flight has been offloaded onto the tarmac for specialized screening by bomb disposal units and dog squads. Also Read | Bomb threats reported at 10 Delhi schools; police and bomb squads deployedSecond flight bomb threat this week Saturday's bomb threat was the second such incident to take place this week, with a similar incident taking place in Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) days ago.

Source: Mint February 14, 2026 09:23 UTC