According to reports published on Monday (08 December), a bomb threat was sent to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport during the late-night hours of Sunday (07 December). The threat was reported for British Airways (BA 277) from Heathrow, Lufthansa’s (LH 752) from Frankfurt and IndiGo’s 6E 7178 from Kannur.

Standard safety protocols were initiated for all three aircrafts by the airport authorities and no suspicious objects were found. Further investigations are likely to continue.