India, June 4 -- An IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad received a bomb threat on Wednesday, triggering a massive search on board after it landed at the Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in Patna around 1pm, officials said.

The aircraft was parked in the isolation bay of the airport for a thorough security check and all 192 passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated safely after around 40 minutes.

The bomb threat was sent through a WhatsApp message to the cellphone of IndiGo station manager Shalini after the flight landed in Patna. The message had "bomb" written on a napkin tissue, as per the message communicated to the Air Traffic Control (ATC), which immediately alerted the CISF.

A meeting of officials, including those o...