Hyderabad airport receives bomb threats for three incoming flights, declared hoax

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) received bomb threat emails for three flights, including two international, arriving from different cities. The threat were declared as hoax after security checks, police said on Monday (December 8, 2025).

The airport received emails on late Sunday night targeting British Airways’ (BA 277) from Heathrow, Lufthansa’s (LH 752) from Frankfurt and IndiGo’s 6E 7178 from Kannur. The airport sources said all the flights landed safely. The two international flights landed here during the early hours of Monday.

“Standard safety protocols were initiated for all three aircraft,” sources said. Standard safety protocols include isolation of the aircraft, screening of baggage and passengers, keeping fire engines ready and pressing sniffer dogs into services, among others, sources added.

“The RGI Airport Customer support received the bomb threat emails on Sunday. Security checks were carried out and nothing suspicious was found. The threat emails turned out to be a hoax,” a police official said. Further investigation is on.

Last week, the RGIA received bomb threat emails for the Dubai-Hyderabad Emirates flight, IndiGo’s Madinah–Hyderabad and Sharjah-Hyderabad flights separately. The Madinah–Hyderabad flight was diverted to Ahmedabad airport.