New Delhi: A Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight received a bomb threat at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday morning, following which officials evacuated passengers and launched a search operation. The officers provided this information.

He told that the threat was received at around 5.30 in the morning when the plane was preparing to take off.

Officials said passengers on board the plane were evacuated through emergency exits.

He said that the plane was taken to a deserted area and security agency personnel conducted a search operation.