Passenger held over hijack threat to Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight

Kolkata A passenger was apprehended and handed over to the airport police in connection with a hoax hijack threat to an Air India flight from Kolkata to Mumbai, officials said on Thursday (November 12, 2026). In a release, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said the action was taken over Wednesday's incident (November 11, 2026) involving Air India flight AI 2772, which was delayed for several hours after a handwritten threat note was found inside the aircraft's lavatory before take-off.

Hijack threat note found in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight; aircraft taken to isolation bay Hijack threat note found in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight; aircraft taken to isolation bay All the passengers who had boarded the aircraft were deboarded, and it was taken to the isolation bay Hijack threat note found in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight; aircraft taken to isolation bay storyline 1 The passenger was handed over to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport Police Station, it said. The note, warning that the aircraft would be hijacked at 11.10 a.m.