Hyderabad:A bomb threat forced authorities to divert the IndiGo flight coming to Hyderabad from Saudi Arabia's Madinah to Ahmedabad on Thursday, officials said.

The flight 6E58 with 180 passengers and six crew members landed safely at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad around 12.30 p.m.

The flight was mid-air when IndiGo reportedly received a bomb threat via email. As Ahmedabad was the nearest airport, the authorities diverted the flight there as a precautionary measure.

After the landing, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, along with local police and bomb disposal squad, conducted a thorough check of the aircraft but did not find anything suspicious.

As per information on Flightradar24, the flight, an Airbus A320, took off at 5.29 a.m. from Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport, Madinah against its scheduled departure time of 2.10 a.m.It was expected to land at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, around 12.30 p.m.

Source:Ndtv