PATNA, June 4 -- A bomb threat on an IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad to Patna (6E 921) triggered a massive search on board the aircraft after it landed at the Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in Patna around 1pm on Wednesday, said officials.

All 192 passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated safely around 40 minutes after the aircraft landed and it was parked in the isolation bay of the airport in Patna. Later, the aircraft was taken to bay number 1 where passengers were allowed to disembark.

CISF personnel, with sniffer dogs, initiated a search of the aircraft cargo area at the time of filing this report. A similar search was to be carried out inside the passenger area of the aircraft, said officials.

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