Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Bomb Note Found on Gorakhpur-Bound Flight at Kolkata Airport
A note saying there was a bomb was found on an airplane at Kolkata airport.
The plane was supposed to fly to Gorakhpur.
Airport officials took the warning seriously.
Everyone was asked to leave the plane.
Security teams began checking the aircraft carefully.
Bomb disposal personnel and trained dogs were involved in the search.
The note had been hidden in a toilet paper roll inside the plane’s washroom.
Officials had not yet said when the flight could leave.
A note warning of a bomb was found Friday evening on a Gorakhpur-bound plane at Kolkata airport.
The note was written on tissue paper and placed inside a toilet paper roll in the aircraft washroom.
All passengers were immediately deboarded, and the flight was stopped from departing.
CISF personnel, bomb disposal experts and sniffer dogs searched the aircraft.
Officials had not immediately clarified when the plane would be allowed to fly to Gorakhpur.
- Who
- Passengers, airport officials, Central Industrial Security Force personnel, bomb disposal personnel and sniffer dogs were involved.
- What
- A bomb-warning note was found on a Gorakhpur-bound aircraft, prompting a security search.
- When
- Friday evening, September 4.
- Where
- At Kolkata airport, aboard a plane bound for Gorakhpur.
- Why
- The aircraft was stopped and searched because officials treated the bomb warning seriously.
- Incident
- Bomb-warning note found on a Gorakhpur-bound flight
- Airport
- Kolkata airport
- Destination
- Gorakhpur
- Discovery location
- Inside a toilet paper roll in the aircraft washroom
- Passenger response
- All passengers were deboarded
- Security response
- CISF personnel, bomb disposal personnel and sniffer dogs searched the aircraft
- Flight status
- The plane was stopped, and its departure time was not immediately known